Heidi G.
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Books:

What's in A Name? Literary Titles That Never Made It
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 18, 2015 - 2 Comments
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014 - 6 Comments

Language arts:

The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 13 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Media:

"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015 - 1 Comment
Looking Back on Jon Stewart's Portman-Coinages
February 11, 2015

Online:

The Future of Dictionaries: A HuffPost Live Chat
January 21, 2015 - 1 Comment
Is Technology Destroying Language?
December 8, 2014 - 2 Comments

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

The More We Change...
August 15, 2014 - 6 Comments
Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014 - 5 Comments

Spelling:

Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 6 Comments
2014 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Share Spotlight in a "Competition Against the Dictionary"
May 30, 2014 - 2 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Students:

"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 13 Comments
How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014

Words:

Crude, Anatomical, Off-Broadway Euphemisms
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 4, 2015
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015 - 6 Comments

Young readers:

How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013 - 4 Comments