[LM_NET] GEN re Dinothesaurus

[Melissa Techman <mtechman@K12ALBEMARLE.ORG>]

Thanks to Richie Partington, for a great review with ideas for Florian's
Dinothesaurus! 
I have to pipe up here, however, and say I WISH he or his editor had chosen
a different title. I teach my elementary students what a thesaurus is and
how to use it, and Dinothesaurus isn't one and you can't use it like one.
It sounds like a dinosaur word - and Thesaurus Rex plays off that connection
- but when an author uses a word purely for the sound, I find myself wishing
he had just made up his own word.
I love all of Florian's books, so I'll use this one, but , sigh............
Melissa


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Melissa Techman, MLS
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Earlysville, VA 22936
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