By Susie Dent (author) , Harriet Hobday (illustrator)
"A linguistic feast that will delight readers and inspire them to become the best writers of the future"
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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month October 2023
A wonderful collection of 100 words and phrases which have been gathered together specifically because they are happy and uplifting.
Gathered together by the UKs most loved word expert, each and everyone of the words in this collection will send readers away with a renewed sense of hope and purpose.
Many, such as ‘happify’, a word that sums up how a happy person can make another person happy, create an immediate feeling of optimism and fun. From sources old and new Susie Dent has created a linguistic feast that will delight readers and inspire them to become the best writers of the future.
You can watch our exclusive event with Susie Dent here
100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain's Most-Loved Word Expert.
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Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language. It takes just a short browse through the dictionary to spot how it is filled with negative words. But Susie has searched far and wide to unearth happy and uplifting words and phrases that, in some cases, are long forgotten, while others have only just been discovered.
Paired with beautiful illustrations, this is the perfect book to lift you out of your mubble fubbles (a slightly sad mood), make you grin like a gigglemug (someone who never stops smiling), and have you feeling forblissed (extremely happy) in no time.
This joyous collection of 100 positive words and their origins will show readers young and old just how wonderful language can be - and how you can use your words to make the world a happier place.
'I enjoyed this so much. As a pessimistic lover of words, this was both comforting and heart-warming. I always think that learning about etymology is a way to appreciate the secret code of the world, and Susie is the perfect guide and companion and lexical cheerleader.' - Stig Abel
'Susie Dent's way with words always makes me happy. This is my kind of book. There's positivity on every page.' - Gyles Brandreth
Susie Dent is a writer and broadcaster on language. She recently celebrated 25 years as the resident word expert on C4's Countdown, and also appears on the show's comedy sister 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown . Susie comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news. Susie answers notes and queries about words and phrases in weekly columns in the Radio Times and The Week Junior. She has written for the Independent on Sunday, the Telegraph, and the Times, and is the author of several books, including her latest, Dent's Modern Tribes . She is a spokesperson for Oxford University Press, and has been a judge on the Costa Book Awards and on the Academy Excellence Awards. Susie regularly delivers key-note speeches to both small companies and major corporations on language and communication.
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100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain's Most-Loved Word Expert. Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Roots of Happiness and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-14 years old
Roots of Happiness features in the following genres: Interviews with Authors and Illustrators, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 13+ readers, General Knowledge & Trivia, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Grammar, Spelling & Literature, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Educational material, History, PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Roots of Happiness was written by Susie Dent and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Roots of Happiness has 116 pages
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