Winning Words Book Cover

What's the Book About?

Why does language matter? How do new words come about? Why does language change? Be prepared to discover everything you wanted to know about words and to be challenged by some Countdown anagrams! Level 13

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Tree Tops
  • Type: Non-Fiction
  • Author: Susie Dent

Reviews from Our Readers

Ben Gough (Age 9)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
The book tells you about new words and where they come from. It also said about how words get into dictionaries and how dictionaries work.

The main characters are
It is a fact book.

My favourite part of the book is
A page with anagrams because they are fun!

I would also like to say
I enjoyed reading this book.

Ciaran (Age 5)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
The book is about language and new words. It mentions the TV show called Countdown.

The main characters are
There are no main characters in this book.

My favourite part of the book is
Doing the anagrams and conundrums.

I would also like to say
This book was written by Susie Dent who is on the Countdown programme on TV in Dictionary Corner.

See a Sample Page

Winning Words Sample Page