Noah Webster and His Words

Webster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was Webster? Noah Webster (1758 1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that. This clever, hilariously illustrated account shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he’d achieved his dream. An illustrated chronology of Webster’s life makes this a picture perfect bi-og-ra-phy [noun: a written history of a person’s life]. AGES: 4-8 AUTHOR: Jeri Chase Ferris is the author of eleven biographies because she likes to set the record straight about people. Visit her website at www.jerichaseferris.com. Vincent X. Kirsch is an author-illustrator who likes to draw eggheaded, spindly-legged people from the past. Visit his website at www.vincentxkirsch.com