Doris Thesaurus.

Doris Thesaurus. Doris Thesaurus Maria L. Corkern Author House 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403-5161 9781438914367, $14.95 www.authorhouse.com 1-800-280-7715 Doris Thesaurus is a rhyming, softcover picturebook designed toteach young people how to use a thesaurus to improve their writing. Sarais having trouble writing a story, when her friend suggests calling outthe name of Doris Thesaurus. Doris is a tall, bespectacled green reptilewho knows how to look up vivid synonyms in her helpful Thesaurus!"'I'm starting to see how this book of yours works. / Ilook up a word that I wrote. / And then I read the ones that come next./ They'll help give my writing some hope.'" The final twopages give some specific examples of using thesaurus words to enrichone's writing, comparing "Just Okay" sample sentences to"Much Better" sample sentences. A fun way to learn how to usea basic writing tool, Doris Thesaurus is especially highly recommendedfor children's public and school library collections.