Date: Tue Nov 12 01:51:42 EST 1996
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chrestomathy
chres.tom.a.thy \kre-'sta:m-*-the-\ n [NL chrestomathia, fr. Gk chre-stomatheia, fr. chre-stosX useful + manthanein to learn; akin to Skt hrasva small 1: a selection of passages compiled to aid in learning a language
2: a volume of selections from an author

Not to be confused with Crestomancy: divination by means of reading toothpaste squeezed out of the tube.

good one, fb!

though, as a reader of young adult lit, I thought of these:
http://www.scifan.com/series/series.asp?SR_seriesid=1448

Crestomancy

Not to be confused with christomancy: divination by anointing with oil.