Description Share Post Colossal Words for Kids 75 Tremendous Words- Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman (Frances Lincoln Books) ‘There’s a wonderful feeling in knowing precisely the right word for something‘. Thereafter, Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman present Colossal Words for Kids. Through alphabetical, rhyming poems, our vocabulary and understanding are expanded illustratively and amusingly. Not only is the word explained, but we see it used in context. Then again, that context is often from within a classic work. For example, Infinitesimal, ‘smaller than a flea,/ a dot or a decimal…‘ Thereafter, from When Dimple Met Rishi, ‘There was an infinitesimal pause, just one breath,‘ Furthermore, precarious, as ‘Humpty Dumpty/ sat on a wall,/ And what a poor decision!/ He’d clearly put himself in a/ precarious position‘- Then again, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, ‘Harry yelled, as the shelves swayed precariously and more glass spheres began to fall from above.‘ When there is not a quote, we might have our word power extended further. For example, ‘the antepenultimate is the one before penultimate‘. Bookwagon recommends Colossal Words for Kids highly. In fact we suggest that this book is ideal for reading, referring to, sharing, returning to, but is essential to every home and classroom shelf. What a triumph!
