AUTHOR:Andrew Clements
ILLUSTRATOR: Brian Selznick
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
PUBLICATION DATE: 1996
GENRE: Transitional
READING LEVEL: 4th Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Nicholas is finally in the 5th grade where his teacher loves words and everything about them. He decides to create his own word and he watches his word spread throughout the entire school.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will create their own words complete with definition, origin, picture, and it used in a sentence.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Jennifer Davis, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Fiction, Humorous, School