Return of the Word Spy
Author: Ursula Dubosarsky
Author: Tohby Riddle
Book 2 in the Word Spy series
Pages: 268
Published: 2010
Age: 9+
From the beginning of time, the Word Spy has been creeping down hallways, hiding in shadows and journeying through different lands to discover everything there is to know about the English language. In her first book, The Word Spy, she shared with us the secrets she'd learnt about English, from the first alphabet in 4000 BCE right up to the tricks of modern texting. In The Return of the Word Spy she continues the fascinating journey through language, with chapters on language families, how we learn to speak, grammar and written forms of communication. In an accessible, engaging style, the Word Spy explains the meaning of nouns, verbs, pronouns, 'dead' languages, word origins and other wordy wonders.
Packed with cartoons, games, facts and puzzles, The Return of the Word Spy continues this series' fascinating and engaging journey through the English language.
Children's Book Council of Australia Awards for Eve Pownall Information Book of the Year (2011)
About the Word Spy Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Word Spy(2007)
- 2.Return of the Word Spy(2010)
- +The Word Spy Activity Book(2012)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
Meet the Word Spy. She's dashing and daring and witty as can be – and no one knows more about the evolution of the English language than she does! Luckily, she's spilling her secrets in this gem of a book series. From the first alphabet in 4000 BC, to anagrams, palindromes, and modern-day text messages, readers will learn all about the fascinating twists and turns the English language has taken to become what it is today.
With playful black-and-white illustrations, riddles to solve, and codes to break, The Word Spy is definitive proof that words can spark the imagination and are anything but dull. This is a series for every aspiring writer and every true reader to savour. Readers who enjoy Nick Earls & Terry Whidborne's The Word Hunters trilogy will relish the linguistic adventures that the Word Spy has to offer.
Please Note: This series was published in the United States of America under the title The Word Snoop.