01925cam a2200373 i 4500 1164351410 TxAuBib 20141218120000.0 131107s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013044348 9780802853851 hbk. 0802853854 hbk. (OCoLC)862575372 DLC rda eng DLC IG# BTCTA BDX OCLCF TxAuBib rda Bryant, Jennifer. The right word : Roget and his thesaurus / Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet. Roget and his thesaurus. Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier CMB: Fav's, 2015-2016 TX Bluebonnet nominee. Includes bibliographical references. The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com. 20141218. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, 2015. Roget, Peter Mark 1779-1869 Juvenile literature. Roget, Peter Mark 1779-1869 Thesaurus of English words and phrases Juvenile literature. Lexicographers Great Britain Biography Juvenile literature. Philologists Great Britain Biography Juvenile literature. Sweet, Melissa, illustrator. TXKIP