BOULDER, Colo. — When a Denver7 employee came face-to-face with the authors of his favorite childhood book, it was the culmination of a journey that began four decades ago.
Paul Levitt and Alyssa Guralnick spent decades teaching together at the University of Colorado. During that time, they also wrote children’s books together — including one that would change their lives 40 years later.
That book is “The Weighty Word Book,” a children’s book designed to teach kids big words through amusing stories. One example: the word “scintillate,” illustrated through a firefly named Gloriana…