Astunningnon-fictionpicturebookabouttheoriginsoftheEnglishLanguage.You’llbesurprisedattheglobalandculturaldiversityhiddeninthewordsweuseeveryday!DidyouknowthatEnglishwordscomefromallovertheworld?Andoftentheirmeaningshavechangedovertime?FindoutaboutthejourneysofaselectionofwordsfromtheEnglishLanguageinthisamazingvisualresource.Eachwordispairedwithatwo-pagespreadillustration,whichtakesinspirationfromtheoriginsoftheworditself.AuthorPatrickSkipworthhascarefullyselectedwordswithadiversityoforiginsfromallaroundtheglobe:somearederivedfromphrases(“companion“-theLatinfor“withbread“),somefromactionsorbehaviours(“caribou“-meaning“snowshoveler“inMi’kmaq,anindigenouslanguageofeasternCanada),andsomefromsoundsoronomatopoeia(“Kookaburra“-AustralianAboriginallanguages).Withsimpledescriptionsanddazzling,evocativeandwittyillustrations,thisisafascinatingintroductiontotherichhistoryandculturaldiversityofourlanguage.Theperfectbookforbuddinglinguistsaged7-11tolearnabouttheoriginsandmeaningsoftheEnglishlanguage.
