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Page 1 of 1 1 Topic Options #171705 - 11/28/07 09:05 AM word books for 8-10 year olds Arthur Palm Arthur Palm stranger Registered: 11/27/07 Posts: 1 Loc: Florida My 7 1/2 year old granddaughter has shown an exciting (to me) interest in words - their origins and nuances - and I'd like to nurture that interest, but Anu Garg's books are a bit heavy for kids that age. Can anyone suggest an age-appropriate book that will help keep her interested? Top #171708 - 11/28/07 10:55 AM Re: word books for 8-10 year olds [Re: Arthur Palm] Maven Maven member Registered: 04/27/07 Posts: 119 Loc: California A librarian friend of mine suggests In A Word for grades 5-9. There's a Frog in My throat is a little younger age group, but still a really fun read. _________________________ tempus edax rerum Top Page 1 of 1 1 Previous Topic   Index   Next Topic   Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode Arthur Palm View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Maven View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6471 Members 16 Forums 12017 Topics 176675 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 2 registered (twosleepy, 1 invisible) and 105 anonymous users online. details Newest Members pardeep, rahi, Charlie R, SBK, ipilipil 6470 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11418 Faldage 9598 Jackie 8573 tsuwm 6379 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6045 etaoin 5362 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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