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Gr 3–5—Not every hero is well liked, and as this short picture book biography tells us, that was certainly the case with Noah Webster. He was called an odd fellow, a big talker, and even a lunatic. Yet Webster was steadfast in his belief that Americans needed books written in their own national language—American English, not British English. He wrote a speller for children that simplified the spelling of words and contained stories of American patriots. His biggest accomplishment—a dictionar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This breezy picture-book biography introduces young readers to the man responsible for all those plain, sturdy dictionaries housed in elementary classrooms across America. Far from plain himself, Webster was tall with flaming red hair. A smart and serious student, he could also be a bit highfalutin, which Fern emphasizes using a lighthearted repeated rhetorical pattern. He found little to challenge him at school, where there was too much "goofing around. Noah called goofing around ‘playing roguish tricks.' Thi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This breezy picture-book biography introduces readers to Webster. A smart and serious student, he could also be a bit highfalutin ("Noah called ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More