semantics

"William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books"--OCLC.

"Two animal friends at a park encounter a seemingly scary creature, but not everything is as it seems"--OCLC.

William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.

Presents an illustrated collection of puns, jokes and weird questions in which to get the reader thinking about language, idioms, and the world we live in.

Text and illustrations demonstrate how subtracting a single letter from a word can make an entirely different word.

Word play book with windows to open to find reversed phrases with different meanings.

Reunites numbers and meaning by looking at math as a language.

Introduces the principles of semantics, explains how language works, and how an understanding of semantics is useful in everyday life situations.

The fun, easy-to-read content engages new readers as they learn about synonyms and build vocabulary. This book augments common classroom lessons and draws in readers for more exciting word play.