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Film, Video Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words

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Title

  • Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words

Summary

  • A dictionary is full of words, but can she tell a story? She gives it a shot, but when an alligator escapes and starts waking up ghosts and donuts and zebras, everything turns into a word tornado. What is a simple dictionary to do? Experience the dynamic picture book "The Dictionary Story" by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Event Date

  • August 24, 2024

Running Time

  • 29 minutes 21 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words. 2024. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11458/.

APA citation style:

(2024) Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11458/.

MLA citation style:

Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston: A Whirlwind of Words. 2024. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11458/>.