A worm with a voracious appetite for words who has grown bored with those he finds in the tabloids, discovers the dictionary where his flagging appetite revives. Includes puns, puzzles, and plays on words.

WALLY THE WORDWORM

Children's Books

Fadiman, Clifton

Literature & Fiction

Stemmer House

Describes how the first Teddy Bear stuffed toy originated inspired by President Theodore Roosevelt's refusal to shoot a little bear during a hunt.

The First Teddy Bear

KAY, Helen [illustrated by susan detwiler]

A sourcebook for creating and adapting the heritage of American Folk Art, Polish Wycinanki, Chinese Hua Yang, Japanes Kirigami, German Scherenchnitte, etc.

The paper cut-out design book: A sourcebook for creating and adapting the heritage of American folk art, Polish wycinanki, Chinese hua yang, Japanese kirigami, German Scherenschnitte, and others

Ramona Jablonski

Seymour, Tryntje Van Ness, Dylan Thomas' New York

Dylan Thomas' New York

Seymour, Tryntje Van Ness

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of human foolishness and frailty. It was originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book before being retitled in 1911. Modern "unabridged" versions that include Bierce "definitions" that were for various reasons missed by earlier editions continue to be popular a century later. Published by Stemmer House

The devil's dictionary

Reference

BIERCE, AMBROSE

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by "howlingly funny" definitions. The lexicon was written over three decades as a series of installments for magazines and newspapers. Bierce’s witty definitions were imitated and plagiarized for years before he gathered them into books, first as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906 and then in a more complete version as The Devil's Dictionary in 1911. Initial reception of the book versions was mixed. In the decades following, however, the stature of The Devil's Dictionary grew. It has been widely quoted, frequently translated, and often imitated, earning a global reputation. In the 1970s, The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration

Stemmer House 1982 Trade edition paperback, good In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Washington Irving's Tales of the supernatural

Irving., Washington

United States

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WALLY THE WORDWORM

The First Teddy Bear

The paper cut-out design book: A sourcebook for creating and adapting the heritage of American folk art, Polish wycinanki, Chinese hua yang, Japanese kirigami, German Scherenschnitte, and others

Dylan Thomas' New York

The devil's dictionary

The devil's dictionary

Washington Irving's Tales of the supernatural