A little bit linguistic history, a little bit American Revolution history, and all around sassy telling of Noah Webster's work.

Adorable. Very interesting and great illustrations. If you have a fact loving, word loving, list loving child, this is a must.

Clever design. ( )

This review is based on an ARC from NetGalley.

Aaaadorable. I love the illustrations, they're so lively and old-timey. I love that Noah Webster himself left editorial comments throughout, presumably to make sure Tracy Maurer got everything right. I especially love this bit:



As he once said, "I began life...full of confidence in my own opinions."

I also love that he was a descriptivist, not a prescriptivist. And I'm a huge fan of some of his spelling changes that didn't quite catch on, like riter and soop! ( )