Noah Webster was a lexicographer and textbook creator.  He is the author of the blue-back speller and the dictionary.  These books helped children learn how to spell and read.  Noah Webster was born in West Hartford!

eBooks:

• N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter Z) (available through Epic!)

• Noah Webster's Fighting Words by Tracy Nelson Maurer (available through Epic!)

Encyclopedias: 

• Britannica School (Level 2 article)

• Academic Kids (Challenge) 

• Fact Monster (Challenge)

Websites:

• Noah Webster House: Noah Webster History

• Connecticut Project Helper (page 7)

• Teachers First: Famous People- Noah Webster

• ConnecticutHistory.org

  • Noah Webster

  • Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language (Challenge)

Library Books:

• Connecticut (Hello U.S.A.) by Amy Gelman (page 69)

• N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter Z)

• Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris

• Noah Webster: Weaver of Words by Pegi Shay

• W is for Webster: Noah Webster and His American Dictionary

• What do you mean?: a story about Noah Webster by Jeri Ferris

• Ask your Library Media Specialist to help you find other books!