Description: The 2nd book in the 'Seyong Picture Fairy Tales' series, 'The Word Factory Country.' This picture book overflows with rich imagination about the power of words. It invites children into the 'Word Factory Country,' a place where people can only speak after buying and swallowing words with money. The story awakens in children an appreciation for how precious and valuable words truly are. Beautiful illustrations in harmonious brown and red tones capture children's eyes and hearts. There once was a country called the Word Factory Country. The people who lived there never spoke carelessly, because to speak, they had to buy a word with money and swallow it. So if you wanted to say what was on your mind, you needed money. Wealthy people could buy as many words as they pleased. But poor people had to search through trash cans for them. Sometimes words would float by on the wind, and children would rush over with insect nets to catch the flying words. Today, poor little Phileas caught three words with his net. Tomorrow is Cybelle's birthday, so he plans to give her the three words he caught as a gift. But when Phileas goes to find Cybelle, he discovers that wealthy Oscar has already arrived... Hardcover binding. Read 'The Word Factory Country' together with children who tend to use unkind words. Help them understand how precious and valuable words are, and teach them why it's important to speak kindly.