Words can do any number of things: they can heal, they can hurt, they can describe sounds, they can ask questions, and they can even entertain. Howell reminds readers that, \u201cWords are mighty, words are strong. We write them, speak them, sing our song! I hope you learn new words today and think about the ones you say.\u201d The text presents a list of big words sure to improve readers\u2019 vocabulary, covering emotions like frustration, anger, and excitement as well as everyday topics like transportation and the weather. The book is divided into sections of about three words each. Each term is paired with one of Rocco\u2019s bold and colorful illustrations, which truly carry the book by demonstrating their meanings fairly clearly. (Certain entries, like \u201cdiesel\u201d and \u201chumid,\u201d may require further explanations from an adult reader, as a child may not be able to infer their entire meanings from pictures of a train or a beach.) Despite the emphasis at the beginning and the end of the text on the importance of using your words wisely, there is no clear trajectory in the pages that carries this intended moral. This volume may best be suited to a classroom setting, as a supplement to a vocabulary-related assignment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Words can do any number of things: they can heal, they can hurt, they can describe sounds, they can ask questions, and they can even entertain. Howell reminds readers that, \u201cWords are mighty, words are strong. We write them, speak them, sing our song! I hope you learn new words today and think about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}