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CAMP FOSSIL EYES: DIGGING FOR THE ORIGINS OF WORDS By Mark Abley **Excellent**
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Paperback
- Publication Name
- Annick Press
- ISBN-10
- 1554511801
- ISBN
- 9781554511808
- Book Title
- Camp Fossil Eyes : Digging for the Origins of Words
- Publisher
- Annick Press, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Adams, Kathryn, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- Language Arts / General, Historical / Ancient Civilizations, General
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 136 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Annick Press, The Limited
ISBN-10
1554511801
ISBN-13
9781554511808
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73190569
Product Key Features
Book Title
Camp Fossil Eyes : Digging for the Origins of Words
Number of Pages
136 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Language Arts / General, Historical / Ancient Civilizations, General
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Adams, Kathryn, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Author Mark Abley does a good job of choosing words from different language groups and eras. He goes beyond the usual suspects (Latin, Saxon, Greek), including the extinct language of Old Norse and languages from indigenous peoples of North America and Australia. His word selection has contemporary relevance, exploring the roots and evolution of words such as umpire, nickname, parka, bikini, and weird, to name a few. Abley is at his strongest in the sections From the Desk of Dr. James Murray, in which short histories of various words are presented in the form of a memo from the camp director... Camp Fossil Eyes is nicely laid out and enhanced by Kathryn Adams' spot illustrations which break up the text and bring a lot of fun to the page. Overall, I enjoyed the information in the book., Abley's passion for etymology is evident, and he weaves some truly fascinating facts into his narrative., Teachers can easily pull out bits and pieces for some lively discussions on the meaning of words. Teachers can easily pull out bits and pieces for some lively discussions on the meaning of words.
Grade From
Fourth Grade
Grade To
Sixth Grade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
See into the past and discover how English evolved from more than 350 languages. In this fanciful book about etymology, 15-year-old Jill Boswell and her 13-year-old brother, Alex, are sent to summer camp in a bizarre badlands region -- the only place in the world where words are fossilized in rock. Armed with water bottles, spades and backpacks, the campers hike from ridge to ridge in search of their ancient quarry. The budding word hounds soon realize they are on an amazing journey of discovery. Traveling through the mountains of fossilized words -- from ancient Greece (television, demon, gorilla, catastrophe) to Spain (mosquito, ten-gallon, burrito) and from the language of the Goths (heathen, home, haunt) to Dutch (booze, dock, pickle, cookie) -- they find that even current words like podcast and gossip originated hundreds of years ago! Illustrations by Kathryn Adams capture the fun of the word expedition and celebrate the joy of language sleuthing.
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- e***c (1202)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI've bought these from this seller multiple times. They're a very good value, come with both a USB-A and USB-C cable, thermal pad, and good, simple packaging without a lot of wasted space. Seller often includes a handwritten thank you note too! Nice touch! :)
- c***n (765)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBook was as advertised - new condition. Carefully packed. arrived safely and on schedule. Printing was of good quality. Good value for money. Seller did everything right. The writing has some issues but this is maybe the authors first book.
- m***1 (476)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat seller.....Quick Ship - Great Packaging - The item was just as photographed and described...Nice Item...glad I found it!