Once Upon a Word <subTitle>A Word-origin Dictionary for Kids—Building Vocabulary Through Etymology, Definitions & Stories</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Zafarris Jess</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Callisto Publishing</publisher> <dateIssued>2023</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>256tr.</extent> <extent>paperback</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. ""Once Upon a Word"" is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word-origin stories. Here, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. Explore how weird words like gnome, fun words like zombie, and common words like caterpillar came to exist. Discover why some words sound funnier than others (like cackle, sizzle, and twang) and why some groups of words start with the same few letters (like hydrate, hydrogen, and fire hydrant). There's a whole world of English words to uncover!</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jess Zafarris</note> <subject> <topic>English language</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>English</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">422.03</classification> <classification authority="ddc">Z41-J55</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781646112593</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15555/226.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15555/226.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071508.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>