Book Common Language: How Words Are Born and Live
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This book is a fun and relaxed conversation about the tools we use every day - about words. Do you know what a parade, bergonia or ornament is? What words are the best to show your friendship and what words can hurt; what is inappropriate to use in a formal conversation and how the language of different regions differs - the book contains many linguistic discoveries and tips.
Curiosities, puns, funny situations related to the inappropriate use of words - these are not boring rules, but a living, changing process. The author talks about linguistic diversity in such an interesting and loving way that you start to feel the language dancing on your tongue.
The Portal edition is a "quick book aid" for parents and teachers.
How to prepare a child for separation from parents (when a child goes to kindergarten or parents go on a business trip)? How to introduce the Scythian period of Ukrainian history in an interesting way? How can you teach your child critical thinking and develop their imagination? You will find the answers in this edition of the portal.
The uniqueness of the Portal books lies in a special system that helps adults find the right words to discuss psychological issues with children and to understand the historical context more deeply. For each printed edition, a team of educators, psychologists, and historians has developed detailed backgrounder with QR codes and game bookmarks containing
The Portal's books are created in a series that form a holistic historical picture for children.
The Historical Non-Fiction series for teenagers is designed to tell readers aged 11+ about various phenomena, events, and processes in a non-trivial way. Each of the books is complemented by bright and stylish illustrations, photographs, tables and infographics.
To date, in addition to «Common Language», the series includes «Reactors Do Not Explode. A Brief History of the Chornobyl Disaster by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna and Stanislav Dvornytskyi, «The Inhabited Planet. How We Became Seven Billion by Halyna Hlodz, History of Lies by Maryna Kaftan, and Bizarre Kyiv by Tetiana Strizhevska. The series will be gradually updated with new books.
The Portal's publication is an interesting storytelling based on a scientifically verified historical background. Your children will become interested in the history and culture of Ukraine and the world without rote learning - in adventures and fascinating stories!
