Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways to Remember Stuff
By Christopher Stevens and Sarah Horne
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Christopher Stevens
Christopher Stevens is a television critic, author and journalist. He began working as a journalist in 1983 and currently holds the position of Daily Mail TV critic, writing daily reviews of the previous night's viewing from Monday to Friday. He has written 6 books and is the father of two teenage boys.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Review by: Ana This is a book that helps you remember cool things. Like days in every month, or Presidents. I like this book because it helps me remember stuff.
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Thirty Days Has September - Christopher Stevens
Written by Chris Stevens
Illustrated by Sarah Horne
Edited by Liz Scoggins
First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Buster Books, an imprint of Michael O’Mara Books Limited, 9 Lion Yard, Tremadoc Road, London SW4 7NQ
This electronic edition published in 2009.
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Copyright © Buster Books 2008
Cover designed by Angie Allison
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‘The Presidents Poem’ here is a recent version of a teacher’s mnemonic that has been used in the United States for many years. Since it has to be updated every four years, with each presidential election, it is almost certainly the work of several hands. The author and publishers have made every effort to trace the author(s) of the poem, but without success, although slightly differing versions of it can be found on many websites. The version printed here is that found on the website www.homeschoolzone.com, with two additional lines bringing the poem up to date.
Every reasonable effort has been made to acknowledge all copyright holders. Any errors or omissions that may have occurred are inadvertent, and anyone with any copyright queries is invited to write to the publishers, so that a full acknowledgement may be included in subsequent editions of this work.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-907151-06-4 in EPub format
ISBN: 978-1-907151-07-1 in Mobipocket format
CONTENTS
All About This Book
Excellent English
It’s as Easy as A … B … C …
Sort Out Your Spelling
Don’t Hesitate to Punctuate
Get to Grips with Grammar
Same Sound, Different Meaning
Figure Out the Figures of Speech
Putting it into Practice
Hot on History
All About Ancient History
Be the Best at British History
Master American History
Geography Genius
Time, Weather and Science
Calendar Countdown
Mad About Astronomy
Super Science
Magnificent Maths
Never Forget Numbers
Take on Your Tables
Conquer Calculations
Master of Maths
Straighten Out Geometry
Out of School
General Knowledge
Musical Maestro
Index
ALL ABOUT THIS BOOK
Information is easy to remember when you use every trick in the book – well, in this book actually! It’s full of really useful memory devices called ‘mnemonics’. Some are mental short-cuts, some are catchy rhymes, and there are even some silly jokes, but they are all designed to send quick reminders to your brain.
Acrostics
You’ll find lots of sentences where the first letters of each word combine to remind you how to spell another word. These are called ‘acrostics’. Here’s one that shows you how to spell M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C:
Mum Needs Effective Methods Or Nothing Is Certain.
Rhymes
There are some unforgettable songs and rhymes to make sure that you can always bring a fact to mind. The title of this book, for example, is part of a rhyme that people use to remember how many days there are in each month of the year (you can read the whole rhyme here).
Acronyms
Acronyms are made up of initials. You probably use acronyms already without even realising it. Do you ever sign off text messages or emails with the letters ‘LOL’? That’s an acronym. The letters stand for ‘Lots Of Love’ or ‘Laugh Out Loud’. Did you know that SCUBA is an acronym, too? It stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, and LASER really means Light Amplification by Stimulation Emission of Radiation. You’ll discover lots more in this book.
Pictures
As you make your way through this book you will come across dozens of clever connections to keep vital information at the tip of your tongue, with pictures to fix the ideas in your mind.
You’ll find lots of indispensable tips and hints, such as why you should ‘Never Eat Slimy Worms’ and what ‘Lefty loosey, Righty tighty’ reminds you of.
In no time at all you’ll be creating your own mnemonics and spotting them yourself.
You’d better clear a space inside your brain – it’s about to fill up with fascinating facts!
IT’S AS EASY AS A … B … C …
You will probably find that you already know more mnemonics than you realise. For instance, when you first learnt the alphabet you may have sung the letters to the tune of a well-known song to help you remember the order they come in.
The Alphabet
The letters of the alphabet are often sung to the