The Word Snoop - Ursula Dubosarsky

Meet the Word Snoop. She's dashing and daring and witty as can be - and no one knows more about the evolution of the English language than she does. Luckily, she's spilling her secrets in this gem of a book. From the first alphabet in 4000 BC, to anagrams, palindromes, and modern-day text messages, readers will learn all about the fascinating twists and turns our fair language has taken to become what it is today.