derecho
n.— «If genuine tornadoes were not developed there were violent squalls or the peculiar storm styled by Prof. Hinrichs the “derecho,” or straight-blow.» —“Predictions of Tornadoes” Chicago Daily Tribune Mar. 30, 1890. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
Grant recommends the children’s book Dreams of Green: A Three Kings’ Day Story written by Mariel Jungkunz and illustrated by Mónica Paola Rodriguez (Bookshop|Amazon), about a girl and her family who move from Puerto Rico to Ohio and find ways...