Children's Fiction School & Education
Miss Alaineus
A Vocabulary Disaster
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2001
- Category
- School & Education
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780152021634
- Publish Date
- Feb 2001
- List Price
- $24
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Sage has misheard and misunderstood one of Mrs. Page's weekly vocabulary words. Her error leads to a humblingcatastrophe:a momentous tragedy, in front of the entire class. Can Sage turn her vocabularydisaster:an event bringing great misfortune, into atriumph:a true success?
Anyone who has ever beendaunted:discouraged or disheartened, by a mere word in the dictionary will cheerwildly:in a manner lacking all restraint, as Sage transforms embarrassment into victory in Debra Frasier's touching story of loving--and mistaking--our glorious language.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Debra Frasier created the illustrations for this book from what she found in her fifth-grade daughter's desk-markers, notebook paper, pencils, glue, and scissors. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.