Discover some of The Lost Words here: Dandelion Acorn The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. As nature vanishes from children's language and their imagination, The Lost Words stands against the loss of magic, celebrating the joy of wild childhood and wild places.The Lost Words is one of the most wonderful books I have ever had the pleasure of owning and is a staple starter activity in my outdoor learning lessons.

An illustrated spell-book in watercolour and gold leaf, from the rich creative minds of award-winning author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist Jackie Morris. One of the publishing sensations of recent times is The Lost Words Daily Mail A contender for book of the year The Big Issue Morris's paintings are beautiful - at once familiar and other. he has made nature-writing populis6t and big-selling. Rapturously received celebration of nature The New Statesman Gilded and glorious, Jackie Morris's paintings illustrate Robert Macfarlane's acrostic poems in The Lost Words, one of the years loveliest books for all ages over 10 The Sunday Times The lost words are those my generation and earlier ones used every day and which are fast disappearing, and Macfarlane's aim is to resurrect the everyday glories of our language. It is one of those children's books for ages up to 99 years. Refreshingly accessible, slightly magical New Statesman This is the kind of complexity that can enthral a child as much as an adult. Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at. The Lost Words is a beautiful book and an important one The ObserverĪ breathtaking book. Sumptuous.a book combining meticulous wordcraft with exquisite illustrations deftly restores language describing the natural world to the children's lexicon. One of the most striking and poignant picture books of the season.this giant tome contains not only beautiful illustrations but a haunting series of poems that read like a summoning back of the wild.a book in which every page seems like an act of love Herald

the poems or nature summoning spells are indebted to Gerard Manley Hopkins with rich alliteration, word-play and compound adjectives the illustrations make plants and creatures luminous against backgrounds of gold leaf The Sunday Times

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