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L Is for Lollygag: Quirky Words for a Clever Tongue
by
Molly Glover
A is for apple? B is for ball? Humbug! Forget about that hackneyed hogwash. In this extravaganza of linguistic delights A is for alley-oop, B is for brouhaha, and L is for, well, lollygag!
Packed with oodles of tongue-tickling words and a hodgepodge of curious illustrations, fun trivia, and lists within lists, L Is for Lollygag is one humdinger of a dictionary. Huzzah!
Packed with oodles of tongue-tickling words and a hodgepodge of curious illustrations, fun trivia, and lists within lists, L Is for Lollygag is one humdinger of a dictionary. Huzzah!
Hardcover, 125 pages
Published
March 26th 2008
by Chronicle Books
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Reading this while eating lunch will make you feel like a nerd. If you choose this route you can start using strange and interesting words to bedevil your friends. It might even go so far as to irk them. But; Fear Not! Once you have explained what your new words mean everything will be back to kilter. I recommend giving this book a quick look-see.
a very fun little book. the illustrations were wonderful, and i even learned a new word or two. ;)
it's more fun than structured, though. there wasn't a good (dictionary-type) example of exactly how to pronounce the words, and several of them needed a sentence as an example of how to use the word.
it was fun to read some of the words aloud, over and over in the pick up lane at school.
it's more fun than structured, though. there wasn't a good (dictionary-type) example of exactly how to pronounce the words, and several of them needed a sentence as an example of how to use the word.
it was fun to read some of the words aloud, over and over in the pick up lane at school.
Perfect book for the word nerd in your life...of any age really. Not enough history on where the words come from for my taste but otherwise, a really fun book!
A cute, quirky little book that's easy to read and enjoyable to look at. The design is lovely, and I really enjoyed the illustrations. I doubt I'll be throwing around these words very often, but I love learning new words, and the definitions were amusingly worded. Also, a few days later my dad told me not to lollygag, and I had to laugh a little.
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I picked this book up to help inspire me for improv. I like to play the Alphabet Game.....the book helped to fill my bag of tricks!
Cute and fun book. I expected it it be more illustrated with one or two words per alphabet letter, but there were a handful of quirky words for each letter, with a pronunciation clue and a brief, playful/witty definition of each word. While there are some fun graphics throughout, there isn't an "illustration" for each word. Seems like the perfect book for one of those brainy 8- to 10-year-olds who would appreciate learning a few choice words to add to their vocabulary.
THIS IS NOW MY FAVORITE BOOK! IT IS A MUST-READ!
Super fun.
Great little book of wonderfully fun words. The whole family has enjoyed sharing words they have been tickled by in this book.
It was fun to learn new words & review words that you don't hear very often.
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I will refrain from rating this one since I didn't read it. I was expecting a story and was disappointed to discover it's just a mini dictionary of so-called "quirky words" with a wannabe vintage cover.
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A fun book for word lovers. If you like this book, I have to recommend OUNCE, DICE, TRICE by Alastair Reid (illustrated by Ben Shahn and sadly o.p.), which takes wordplay to the next degree.
This is really awesome! Witty definitions and neat graphics. My only wish is that some of the words were more obscure. So far in A-B I haven't met any new words.
Being a lover of books and crosswords, this book called to me right from the jump. I loved it! It will be added to my own personal collection.
Great way to introduce new vocab. Middleschoolers would enjoy this and it would also be useful to those studying for the SAT.
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