The Fact Factory: A Supplement to Childcraft, the How and Why Library

by World Book Inc. and World Book, Inc.

Book Overview

Most books on writing assume that the sole purpose of writing is communication. These manuals seldom go beyond teaching how to avoid the problems of punctuation, grammar, and style that at one time or another ensnare the best of writers. Few, if any, of these books explore writing as a way of shaping thought. V.A. Howard and J.H. Barton, two Harvard researchers in education, take a radically different approach. While they agree with their predecessors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716606992
• ISBN13: 9780716606994
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: World Book
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 6 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6