Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert

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Susie Dent Harriet Hobday

Roots of Happiness

100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert

Susie Dent, Harriet Hobday, Harriet Hobday

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English

Puffin
10 October 2023

linguistics; Picture dictionaries (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA)

A beautifully illustrated book from bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, Susie Dent, highlighting 100 joyful and often unknown words and phrases from our language (and other languages from around the world).

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 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.

By: Susie Dent
Illustrated by: Harriet Hobday, Harriet Hobday
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 198mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780241573198
ISBN 10: 024157319X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 10 October 2023
Recommended Age: From 6 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , General/trade , English as a second language , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. @susie_dent

Reviews for Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert

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