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Miss Alaineus

A Vocabulary Disaster

by (author) Debra Frasier

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Initial publish date
Feb 2001
Category
School & Education
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780152021634
    Publish Date
    Feb 2001
    List Price
    $24

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 4 to 7
  • Grade: p to 2

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.