Don't be absurd! But I'm a word nerd, and I wanna be absurd!

Absurd Words: A Kids' Fun and Hilarious Vocabulary Builder for Future Word Nerds ~ by Tara Lazar, 2022, children's nonfiction, 320 pages

Why use boring old words when you can expand and build your vocabulary and have fun doing it?  This engaging book about the power of words includes over 750 wondrous and wacky words.  When a kid wants to learn a new word, we often send them to the dictionary or a thesaurus.  But dictionaries only work if you know the exact word you want.  This dictionary-thesaurus hybrid is organized by theme and puts words in context with hilarious sentences and fun facts.

Word of the Day

ab·surd /əbˈsərd / adjective = ridiculous, wildly unreasonable, or illogical.  Example:  "What an absurd thing to say!"

Deb at Buzzfeed said this was one of the best 2022 nonfiction books she had read, so I put it on reserve at my library and got it last Thursday.

I wonder if it has "kick up your heels" in it.  I'd define that phrase to mean really enjoy yourself and have fun.  Example:  "Come to my party next weekend, and kick up your heels."  Nope.  I looked at the index at the back of the book, and "kick up your heels" is not there.  Officially, it means to have a lively, enjoyable time.

Getting the word out

I'm sure lots of folks will be sorry to see this latest development at our Circle@Crown Café, and not just Crown Center residents, either.  People from all over eat here.  When my daughters visited St. Louis in July, we met in the Café one day.  I guess not enough of us have been going down for breakfast or lunch lately, or maybe there are not enough people available to work part-time these days.

Idiom of the Day

If you "get the word out," you let people know about something.