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Author Anderson, Beth, 1954- author.

Title An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution / written by Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1986070~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 428.13 AND    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 428.13 AND    DUE 05-03-24
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 428.13 AND    AVAILABLE
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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
age Children lcdgt
Note "A Paula Wiseman Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
Audience 680L Lexile
Note 680L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader LG 3.9 0.5 197764
Note Accelerated Reader LG 3.9 0.5 197764
Subject English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling -- Juvenile literature.
Spelling reform -- Juvenile literature.
Americanisms -- Juvenile literature.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 -- Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Baddeley, Elizabeth, illustrator.
Added Title Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
ISBN 9781534405554 (hardcover)
1534405550 (hardcover)
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