Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids―Building Vocabulary Through Etymology, Definitions & Stories

Great book for studying etymology of words with my 4th graders. Easy to use and full of tons of great words!

This is such a fun dictionary! I ordered this to help build my kids’ vocabulary and they are having fun choosing a new word to learn about each day.

I love the concept. I wish there more words included. Children really want to know the origin of words, so it's a great book to have on hand. However, it is disappointing when an asked about word, like spaghetti, is not to be found here.

I think I like this book way more than my kiddo. Even my coworkers want to see it when I bring it to work. What a fascinating information

I really like the idea of this dictionary but it didn’t have near as many words as I’d have liked. My son needs a dictionary for school and I thought this would be a good option and yet I still find myself needing to look up words for him online.

Really bought this for myself, an adult native English speaker. I enjoy reading this to learn about origins of English American words.

As a fan of Jess' books and her Words Unravelled podcast, I bought this for my kids so they would learn to love words and etymology as much as I do as an English teacher. Very satisfied with my purchase!

We got this book for our 3rd grader, it was a hit! Very interesting and a good book to hang on to. Recommend it for a young reader.

Really interesting book. For my 7 year old, who is frustrated by how difficult English can be to spell, these insights into how words came to be is fascinating. She is definitely enjoying both diving in to the book and taking a more chronological approach. Some of the words are tough for her to read, but mostly it's pitched just right - certainly from a comprehension point of view. It's quite interesting as a grown up too. This view of how the English language works/is and why is one rarely taught in schools but useful for comprehension as well as curiosity. Recommended.

Received this lovely book today, however it has come with huge creases in the front and back cover. It was packed neatly so was clearly bent and damaged prior.

英語の語源サイト閉鎖のためAmazonやKindleをずっと探していましたが、ベストセラーなだけあってものすごくわかりやすかったです。 私は現在IELTSの勉強をしていますが、特にわかりやすかったのは語源がギリシャ産やフランス産だったりとカテゴリーが分かれていて見易くてそしてわかりやすかったです(初めての人にもわかりやすいと思います。) その後は著者が選んだ単語について一つ一つ解説してあります。 (ここが本題です) 最後になりますが、児童向けと書いてありますが、誰が読んでもわかりやすかったと言うと思います！！

Interessant und unterhaltsam

The prefix 'un' is mentioned as meaning 'one' while the real meaning is 'not'. 'Uni' means 'one'.