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    Noah Webster: Weaver of Words
    Noah Webster: Weaver of Words
    Noah Webster: Weaver of Words
    Audiobook59 minutes

    Noah Webster: Weaver of Words

    Written by Pegi Deitz Shea

    Narrated by Richard Poe

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    One of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times. Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living "American Language" that embraces words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples. But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners. Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country's curriculum, writing and publishing American literature, American history, and American geography. He published New York City's first daily newspaper. As editor, Webster conducted a study and linked disease with poor sanitation. He created the country's first insurance company, established America's first copyright law, and became America's first best-selling author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 8, 2013
    ISBN9781490608761
    Noah Webster: Weaver of Words
    Author

    Pegi Deitz Shea

    Pegi Deitz Shea, a recipient of the Connecticut Book Award, has written many children's books. She lives in Rockville, Connecticut. Her web site is www.pegideitzshea.com.

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    • 4/5
      This textually rich picture-book biography of the immensely influential Noah Webster - author, educator, reformer, Patriot soldier, and lexicographer extraordinaire - is chock-full of fascinating information and historical details. I'm ashamed to say that I knew very little about Webster, whose 1828 dictionary (which would go on to become the The Merriam-Webster Dictionary) was the first truly comprehensive dictionary of American English, and was considered a marvel of its time, by lexicographers from many nations (including England). His time as student and soldier, his campaigns for better public education, and his role in producing the first children's primers that centered on American history and geography (children had hitherto learned from primers that used English place-names and events), were all also unknown to me.Informative and engaging, Noah Webster: Weaver of Words is a fabulous book about a fascinating figure in American history and letters (thanks for alerting me to this one, Krista!), one who deserves to be better known! The accompanying oil artwork has a distinctly folkloric quality to it, one that suits the broad-minded, democratic spirit of its subject matter. If you've ever wondered (or if you haven't) why Americans spell certain words differently than their Anglophone cousins the world over - Webster believed that English lexicographers deliberately kept more abstruse spelling conventions, and left out certain kinds of vocabulary (words that 'common' people might use) in order to pander to the upper classes, and keep literacy as the domain of the privileged - then this book will clarify the matter. Highly recommended to young readers with an interest in American history, educational reform, and the English used in America.
    • 4/5
      Noah Webster, Weaver of Words is a non fiction picture book. Noah Webster was best known for his writing. He also did many of other “wonderful” things. In the late 1780’s, Noah Webster was a teacher. He ran his school and wanted to improve the education in America. Noah was America’s first best selling author. The first schools were the common schools, followed by the dame schools. The dame schools were only taught by female teachers. Noah attended Yale in 1774. His father had to put his house up for mortgage so that Noah could go to college. Noah graduated from Yale as a teacher and a lawyer. Noah also taught himself many different languages, including French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Noah wanted to improve America’s education in all kinds of positive ways. Noah wanted “reform”. There are several teaching connections that could go along with this book. I have previously learned about the common schools and dame schools, that would be a great history lesson for children. The children could actually see what schools use to be like and how much they have changed. Another teaching connection could be a history lesson on Noah Webster. You could also teach about the disease “Yellow Fever.” A teacher could have their students make out a time line of all the important events that occurred during Noah’s Life. I think this book is a great resource for 5th grade and up. I enjoyed reading this book. It taught me a few things that I didn’t know. I also found it very interesting that Noah Webster taught his self all those different languages. This is by far my favorite non fiction book that we have read this semester. It was also an easy read which helped me understand the Revolutionary war and all the crisis that occurred.
    • 5/5
      This is an easy to read biography of the life of Noah Webster, "Schoolmaster to America". Many people associate Noah Webster to writing the first American dictionary, which he did, however Webster did so much more than that. He was passionate about teaching school and educating students. This would be a great book if a class was studying influential people during the American Revolution. The chronology in the back of the book gives very detailed dates of Webster's life. Also, there is a bibliography in the back of the book that would be very useful in the further study of Noah Webster.