This book provides teachers with a different lesson for each day of the school year to help students increase their vocabularies. These lessons may be used as "sponge activities" or teachers may simply pick and choose words within the book for the occasional vocabulary lesson. Through his often humorous and irreverent style, Fry ensures a more lasting understanding of each term and helps prepare students for standardized tests.

Edward B. Fry, PhD (Laguna Beach, CA) is Professor Emeritus of Education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.