The Word Collector

By Sonja Wimmer (Author/Illustrator), Jon Brokenbrow (Translator)

A girl discovers words are vanishing and must save them to restore joy and connection.

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32 pages

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Luna, a unique girl living high in the sky, cherishes collecting beautiful and joyful words. But when these words start disappearing, she realizes people are forgetting their importance. Determined to restore their magic, Luna embarks on a mission to remind humanity of the joy and happiness words can bring. Can she reignite the world’s love for words before they vanish forever? This enchanting tale invites readers to rediscover the power of positive words and their impact on our lives.

From the publisher

Winner at the 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book AwardsThe Word Collector is a magical, heart-warming story about a young girl who shares her love of words to help people feeling lost and blue.Luna lives high, high up in the sky. So high that her homeland couldn’t be seen from the ground. She is an extraordinary little girl, one of a kind. Luna has the most special endearing pastime: she likes to collect words. She prefers beautiful words, funny words that make you burst into laughter when you pronounce them, and words that fill your heart with joy and fill your soul for a very long time.But one day, everything changed, and the words that Luna had guarded with so much care started disappearing one by one. What was happening? Luna wonders. She learns that people are forgetting all the beautiful words. They stopped thinking words were important.Determined and ready to find a solution, Luna sets out with her beautiful words to convince humanity of the importance of sharing joy and happiness.

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