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Tricky words can be a brilliant challenge for any child with an interest in languages. They might just enjoy the funny way the sounds mix together (my favourite word in English has to be mosaic for the way the vowels flow together in the final syllable), or the buzz of knowing facts that your friends or parents don’t. This book is full of tough words from the English language. I learned a few new ones myself, including leafdom, meaning an area so overgrown with foliage that it seems like another world.

Introduce children to the wonders, history, culture and customs of the United Kingdom with The Big Book of the UK. Learn about the sport of “dwile flonking”, find out where black diamonds come from, ,eet the supernatural animal that haunts the Scottish Highlands and discover the British sweets that helped Hillary and Tenzing scale Everest. Filled with facts about wildlife, food, sports, geography, language and some very silly place names, this book will help you uncover national secrets and unearth local legends from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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