The return of the word spy
By: Ursula Dubosarsky ; illustrated by Tohby Riddle
Contributors: Riddle, Tohby
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Melbourne; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780670073542
Subjects: English language; Juvenile literature; History; Grammar; Language and languages
Description: The word sleuth is back! Learn all about language families, how we learn to speak, grammar and other wordy wonders. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Children's Book Council of Australia - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2011

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Eve Pownall Award 2011.

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year 2011; Eve Pownall Award.
Table of contents: title: Meet the family; title: Surprising languages; title: Learning to speak; title: All the world's a stage; title: The play's the thing; title: Nouns are like ice cream; title: Verbs are like goldfish; title: What do words mean, anyway?; title: Words, words, words; title: Words wanted; title: dead or alive!; title: The magical act of writing; title: Buried treasure.