The Word Trove is a beautifully crafted story all about language and stories, and about how words matter. It follows a character known as The Word as it tries to understand the world after forgetting it’s meaning.
The Word travels through the world of language meeting characters who embody their words, such as Rhyme and Reason. They explain to The Word the importance of imagination and stories; about the importance of giving yourself time to allow the right words to come, to not misuse words, because to use the wrong allows words to become meaningless.
Reading this book reads as a love letter to language, the prose is simple, clever and concise, and it is obvious how much care the author has taken whilst creating this book. With beautiful illustrations to enhance the story, and a careful translation, from the original German into English, so that the wordplay isn’t lost, this is a book to read for people who enjoy reading about language.
Thank you to Readers First, Iron Bird Publishing and Elias Vorpahl for this copy
The Word travels through the world of language meeting characters who embody their words, such as Rhyme and Reason. They explain to The Word the importance of imagination and stories; about the importance of giving yourself time to allow the right words to come, to not misuse words, because to use the wrong allows words to become meaningless.
Reading this book reads as a love letter to language, the prose is simple, clever and concise, and it is obvious how much care the author has taken whilst creating this book. With beautiful illustrations to enhance the story, and a careful translation, from the original German into English, so that the wordplay isn’t lost, this is a book to read for people who enjoy reading about language.
Thank you to Readers First, Iron Bird Publishing and Elias Vorpahl for this copy