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Shona, Word Detective

John Agard author Michael Broad illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:19th Mar '18

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A warm and charming tale of diversity, language, and the shared cultures that make-up modern life.

A warm and charming tale of diversity, language, and the shared cultures that make-up modern life.

Shona has always loved words. She even has her very own strange word thesaurus! When her and her classmates learn that some languages are dying out, Miss Bates tasks them with becoming top-class word detectives, proving to themselves and their families that there are many beautiful languages still thriving, even within their own classroom.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.

"A delightful, stimulating and playful word extravaganza that will give younger readers not just plenty of laughs but lots of really useful information" – The Letterpress Project

"Full of humour, lexicography and a love of language" – Library Girl and Book Boy, Blog

ISBN: 9781781127865

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 6mm

Weight: 120g

64 pages