Description: Word Circus by Richard Lederer Illustrated by Dave Morice Hardcover, dust jacket, 7 1/4" x 7 1/4", 296 pages, in mint condition. From the dust jacket: "... a breathtaking display of word wizardry." -- Charles Harrington Elster, author of There's a Word for It! Hop on the Bandwagon and join a troupe of big-top entertainers from Ana Gram, the Juggler, to Mary and her Letter Lamb. Gaze in awe as best-selling language author Richard Lederer conducts a dazzling circus of words from the center ring, spinning the alphabet into acrostics, anagrams, charades, doublets, grammagrams, kangaroo words, pangrams, vowelless words, and every other conceivable manner of letter juggling. Take your seat at the biggest top of all - the sawdust stage of letter play. Once you've watched the three-ring show, you can visit The Midway and try your hand at a full chapter of skill-testing word games. Take a shot at solving an Anagrammatical Riddle, or take a spin through Kangaroo Country - but beware, joeys lurk everywhere. Whether you're a professional palindromist or an amateur anagrammarian, you'll find a frolincking, rollicking circus of words in which the humor is guaranteed to be in tents! From the back cover: "Wordplay that's fast, furious, and funny." -- Will Shortz, Crossword editor, The New York Times Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Word Lovers of All Ages! Step right up into a whirling, swirling, twirling circus of wordplay. You'll ohh and aah at a Collide-O-Scope of letters leaping and pirouetting in ways you've never dreamed possible. Ringmaster and wordmaster Richard Lederer puts on a letter-perfect show worthy of the fabulous P.T. Barnum himself. See rare animals like the Palindromedary and Mary's Letter Lamb. Watch as hidden words spill from the insides of colorful Clown Cars. Each act takes center ring for one magical-mystery entertainment after another. You'll discover that words are works of art - the greatest show on earth!
Price: 6.95 USD
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Features: Dust Jacket
Subjects: Puzzles, Trivia & Indoor Games
Format: Hardcover
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Topic: Puzzles
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Language: English
Publication Year: 1998
Book Title: Word Circus
Author: Richard Lederer
Original Language: English
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Genre: Puzzles, Trivia & Indoor Games
