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Roots of Happiness
- Narrator
- Susie Dent
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 5 October 2023
- Run Time
- 1 hour 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage emotions: Happiness, joy, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Positive / good mental health, Children’s / Teenage reference: Picture dictionaries
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
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, have been long-forgotten and, in other cases, 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 chortling (laughing) away 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.
©2023 Susie Dent (P)2023 Penguin Audio
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Such a sweet and uplifting book. Susie reads brilliantly and it made me smile!
HeatherStanley 2023-12-14
Details
- Author
- Susie Dent, illustrated by Harriet Hobday
- Narrator
- Susie Dent
- Duration
- 1 hour 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9780241584712
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage emotions: Happiness, joy, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Positive / good mental health, Children’s / Teenage reference: Picture dictionaries
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.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, have been long-forgotten and, in other cases, 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 chortling (laughing) away 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.©2023 Susie Dent (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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