Trump’s the top word for UK’s youngest storytellers

THEY might not understand all the intricacies of White House politics.

But that has not stopped Britain’s young storytellers using Donald Trump for inspiration. In fact, Trump is the children’s word of 2017, says the Oxford University Press.

After analysing 131,798 entries for a national story-writing competition for five to 13-yearolds, the OUP found 2,296 mentions of Trump.

Indeed, the youngsters show a dramatic increase in all their political vocabulary, with Brexit, Article 50, fake news and alternative facts all making appearances in entries for Radio 2’s 500 Words competition.

Yet there is nothing dry about the stories, as the children conjure up words such as Trumplestilskin, Trumpyness and Trumpido and creating characters such as Donald Trout, Hillary Kitten, and Obama Llama.

Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans said: ‘The OUP’s research is such a fascinating insight into the minds of children. This year reveals just how tuned in they are to what’s going on in the world.’ The winners will be announced tomorrow at the Tower of London.