Chartreuse Leotard in a Magenta Limousine: And Other Words Named After People and Places a Chartreuse Leotard in a Magenta Limosine [Large Print]

by Lynda Graham-Baber and Lynda Graham-Barber

This fascinating compilation of eponyms and toponyms, words derived from people and places, is filled with histories of everyday words accompanied by b&w illustrations. For example, Barbie and Ken... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786820020
• ISBN13: 9780786820023
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

A great resource for classrooms! Studying word origins can be amazingly fun! This book is the perfect resource!

A perfect way to draw kids into non-fiction

This is a splendid gift idea for curious kids of all ages. Even kids too young to read comfortably on their own will sit still for these compact, highly readable stories about the origin of eponyms and toponyms. Because each colorful history is just about a paragraph long, they can make fine bathroom reading. The truly wonderful thing about eponyms and toponyms is how they aid recall of historical facts. I'm sure my son won't forget where the word berserk came from: "bear-sarks" or "bear coats", a term used to describe those wild Norse warriors who frazzled so many nerves a thousand years ago.