Delores Thesaurus

Why we chose this book: A book about a kid who loves learning new words? Sounds like someone I know... A review copy was provided by Flowerpot Press. Mom's Review (V) A funny tale of what might happen when you use the wrong words. Delores Thesaurus encourages expanding one's vocabulary genuinely. Delores......more

Told in rhyming text, this story follows the adventures of a young girl who enjoys collecting interesting words. Not only does Delores hear new and fascinating words in the classroom, but she also wanders around town in search of them. After all, why say something in simple fashion when it's possibl......more

Dolores loves words and decides to collect the big words she hears adults using. When her notebook is taken by a pelican she realizes that it's more important to know the meaning of the words. This would be a great book for classroom discussion of how many words can mean the same thing, but the mean......more

This one would be a solid follow-up to suggest for fans of Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier. In this case, precocious Delores collects new words to expand her "impressive lexicon". Quintannilla's illustrations are a good match for Hutchings' rhy......more