Levitt, Paul M. <br/><br/>
Weighty words, too   
Paul M. Levitt, Elissa S. Guralnick, Douglas A. Burger ; illustrations by Katherine Karcz. 
 - Albuquerque    University of New Mexico Press,  2009. 
 - 92 pages   color illustrations ; Hardback  24 cm 
 - Weighty Words  Part Two . <br/><br/> Aggrandizement --  Burdensome --  Criterion --  Destination --  Exonerate --  Furbelow --  Geniality --  Hibernate --  Improbable --  Jeremiad --  Katzenjammer --  Lackadaisical --  Mystify -- Nadir --  Optimum --  Partisan --  Querist --  Rusticate --  Surreptitious --  Tirade --  Utilize --  Vicarious --  Wondrous --  Xerophyte --  Yokefellow --  Zany. 
<br/><br/> Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from "aggrandizement" to "zany" with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions. 
<br/><br/> Ages 9 and up. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826345585 0826345581 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008031012 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015117984  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's stories, American.<br/>Short stories.<br/>Vocabulary.<br/>Puns and punning.<br/>Mnemonics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label>
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.L5824  / Wg 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>jLev   17