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How to Spell Like a Champ
By Barrie Trinkle, Paige Kimble and Carolyn A. Andrews
Paperback
, 192 pages
ISBN: 9780761143697 (0761143696)
Published by Workman Publishing
$10.95(US)
$14.95(CAN)
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about How to Spell Like a Champ
How to spell, from “A-D-A-G-I-O” to “Z-U-C-C-H-I-N-I”
At last, everything you need to master the art of spelling. Learn the basic rules and all their annoying exceptions, plus 26 words of unknown origin, like curmudgeon. • Discover the four most commonly misspelled word types (#3: words with a schwa). • Don’t know what a schwa is? Aren’t sure about the difference between antonyms and eponyms? Discreet and discrete? Here’s your chance to learn all the tricks and tips that’ll make you a bee winner! • Oh, and did we mention the pages and pages of skill-building puzzles and games?
about Barrie Trinkle
Barrie Trinkle, a graduate of MIT, has served on the Bee’s Word Panel since 1996. She was the 1973 National Spelling Champion (her word was “vouchsafe”).
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about Paige Kimble
Paige Kimble is the director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She was also the 1981 National Spelling Champion (her word was “sarcophagus”).
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about Carolyn A. Andrews
Carolyn Andrews is the word list manager for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Her son, Ned, was the 1994 National Spelling Champion (his word was “antediluvian”).
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