The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet. Texas Bluebonnet Award interview with Jen Bryant, author of The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. This book focuses on his most famous contribution to the world – the thesaurus. PLOT SUMMARY. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. Grand Rapids. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet. Click here for the lowest price! by Melissa Sweet. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus.Ill by Melissa Sweet. The author not only walks readers through the events of… Roget strikes me as a rather interesting man to study with his word fascination as well as interest in many aspects of science so I found the author's and illustrator's notes at the end thoroughly intriguing. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. Roget lectured, invented (the slide rule and the pocket chess set) and, inspired by the publication of several contemporary, inferior books of lists, returned to his own. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus is a nonfiction book about the life of Roget and how his thesaurus came about. The right word: Roget and his thesaurus. The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus. Hardcover, 9780802853851, 0802853854 Peter started his first book of lists when he was just 8 years old. Eerdmans Books. Authors Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet use, THE RIGHT WORD to take us to 1800’s London to watch the life of Peter Mark Roget unfold. But, he didn’t write stories; he wrote lists. Title: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Author: Jen Byrant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publisher & Year of Publication: Eerdman, 2014 Genre: Biography Recommended Audience: Ages 8-11 Summary: The book is a biography of Peter Mark Roget. BASIC SUMMARY: The Right Word is the biography of Peter Roget, the inventor of the thesaurus. At… Get this from a library! "The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus" is a zany, informative, quirkily illustrated biography of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) for kids age 7 and up. Genre Biography 5. THE RIGHT WORD is a richly illustrated biography of famed thesaurus author Peter Mark Roget. Eerdmans, $17.50 (42p) ISBN 978-0-8028-5385-1. This led him to enjoy the company of books, and the making of lists. His books became his friends, and… Peter Roget, the man who penned the first and most famous of all thesauruses, grew... read more. His lists made him happy and they eventually became very popular. Title of Book The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus 3. The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. 1. His family moved around a lot so he had a difficult time making friends. [Jennifer Bryant; Melissa Sweet] -- A picture book biography describing how Peter Roget, who loved words and books, began writing lists of words and organizing them so he could find exactly the right word when he needed it. Bibliography Bryant, J. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bryant, Jen. Roget kept these lists in journals from the time he was a young boy. It’s a nonfiction book that isn’t dry or boring. For shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions, and it wasn’t long before Peter began writing his own book. Roget was a renaissance man – among other things, he was a inventor, a physician, a scientist, and a lexicographer. “The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus is a fabulous illustrated junior biography, celebrating the richness and power of words, and the wonderful story of the man who organized and listed words to make them accessible to all who are literate.” Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Jen Brant’s The Right Word is about the life of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869). Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. When… Plot Summary: This picture book is a highlighted biography of the life of Peter Roget, author of the popular Roget’s Thesaurus. Roget is a shy young boy who remarkably uses words to cope with life’s hardships. Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2014. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time. Ill. Melissa Sweet. This book is an inviting, visually engrossing portrayal of Peter Mark Roget and the creation of the thesaurus. The right word : Roget and his thesaurus. This book would be a great tool for helping children learn how to use a thesaurus and to develop an understanding of the power of having just the right word to use. THE RIGHT WORD ROGET AND HIS THESAURUS. Peter took his love for words and used it to organize his ideas and find exactly the right word to express just what he thought. https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=review-of-the-right-word Jen Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Nonfiction Picture Book For ages 6 to 8 Eerdmans, 2014 ISBN: 978-0802853851. Sweet envisions Roget's work as a shadow box crammed with the wonders of the natural world, adorned with exuberant hand-lettered typography. He meant for his thesaurus to have a democratizing effect: "I want everyone to be able to use my word book, not just doctors, politicians, and lawyers, but cobblers, fishmongers, and factory workers." The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. 2014. 2015 Caldecott Honor BookFor shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions -- and it wasn t long before Peter began writing his own book. When Peter Roget was still a little boy, his father died and he, his mother, and his little sister moved from their home in Switzerland to England. Bibliography: Bryant, Jen. It was also named as an Honor Book (a runner-up) for the 2015 Randolph Caldecott Medal, which "honors the illustrator of the year's most distinguished American picture book for children. PLOT SUMMARY A story about Peter Mark Roget, a boy who loved books and writing his own. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, won the 2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for the most distinguished informational book for children. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Author(s) & Illustrator(s) -Author: Jen Bryant -Illustrator: Melissa Sweet 4. This is the story of Peter Mark Roget, inventor of the thesaurus, and it is a beauty in every sense of the word. Ill by Melissa Sweet. From the time Peter was little, he spent most of his time with books. Click to read more about Descriptions: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant. Peter Roget, the man who penned the first and most famous of all thesauruses, grew up a shy, intellectually precocious child who loved ideas, and words, and lists. ISBN 9780802853851 Plot Summary Peter Roget lost his father at an early age. Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8028-5385-1 Plot Summary: Peter Roget was a shy boy who loved making list. He had many talents and even at a young age he began making lists of vocabulary words. The Right Word Roget and His Thesaurus (Book) : Bryant, Jen : The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. Bryant, Jen. and pictures of Peter Mark Roget’s quest to write a book that allows everyone to Title: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Author: Jen Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September, 2014 ISBN: 9780802853851 Audience: 7 years and up Summary: Peter Mark Roget was only four when his father died. Image of the book cover 2. Peter Roget, the man who penned the first and most famous of all thesauruses, grew... read more. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. & Sweet, M. (2014) The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014. As a child, Peter experienced frequent moves with his mother and family after his father died. More By and About This Author. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Jen Bryant, illus. He made lists about the world around him. Publisher, place & date of publication Published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers ... completing it in 1805 for his own reference. The pictures are fabulous, and even contain lists that aren’t distracting from the text, yet scream “look at me.” (See bottom picture.) Peter Roget, the man who penned the first and most famous of all thesauruses, grew up a shy, intellectually precocious child who loved ideas, and words, and lists. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5385-1. ARTICLES. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus AUTHOR: Jen Bryant PUBLISHER: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers COPYRIGHT DATE: 2014 GENRE: Biography LEXILE: 590 SUMMARY: Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet team together to charmingly tell the story in words (lots of words!) It all started when he was a child who lost his father and spent majority of his life moving… His family moved often and he was shy, but he managed to entertain himself by his self-instruction. ISBN 9780802853851 2. Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. The Right Word Roget and His Thesaurus (Book) : Bryant, Jennifer : The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. “The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus is a fabulous illustrated junior biography, celebrating the richness and power of words, and the wonderful story of the man who organized and listed words to make them accessible to all who are literate.” Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews But he didn t write stories; he wrote lists. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus. B. Eerdmans Publishing Grand Rapids,…