Picture Books About Words and Writing
These lists of books highlight a love for words and writing, in addition to parts of speech and conventions of different text formats.
The Great Dictionary Caper
by Judy Sierra 2018 When the words leave the dictionary, can Noah Webster convince them to return, in order? 
Wordplay
by Adam Lehrhaupt 2017 Noun and Verb argue over who is most important. 
Miss Mary Reporting
by Sue Macy 2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Nominee, Ohioana Award Mary Garber grew up in the 1920s and became a sports writer, covering stories about Jackie Robinson in WWII. 
An Inconvenient Alphabet
by Beth Anderson 2018 The story of how Ben Franklin and Noah Webster tried to establish consistent spelling rules for the unwieldy English language. |
Stegothesaurus
by Bridget Heos 2018 Stegothesaurus is . . . unusual, unique, and different, compared to his brothers. 
The Word Collector
by Peter H. Reynolds 2018 Jerome loves words so much he collects them! 
Look! I Wrote a Book! And You Can, Too!
by Sally Lloyd-Jones 2019 Walk through the steps of book-writing. |
