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The Lost Words

The Lost Words

The Lost Words
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by Robert MacFarlane; Jackie Morris (Illustrator)

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  • Title The Lost Words
  • Author Robert MacFarlane; Jackie Morris (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anansi International
  • Publication date
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6383005040
  • ISBN 9781487005382 / 1487005385
  • Weight 3.2 lbs (1.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 14.81 x 11 x 0.75 in (37.62 x 27.94 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Animals, Nature
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508
  • Quantity available 3

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From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world.

In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary -- widely used in schools around the world -- was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these "lost words" included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail. The news of these substitutions -- the outdoor and natural being displaced by the indoor and virtual -- became seen by many as a powerful sign of the growing gulf between childhood and the natural world.

Ten years later, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a "spell book" that will conjure back twenty of these lost words, and the beings they name, from acorn to wren. By the magic of word and paint, they sought to summon these words again into the voices, stories, and dreams of children and adults alike, and to celebrate the wonder and importance of everyday nature. The Lost Words is that book -- a work that has already cast its extraordinary spell on hundreds of thousands of people and begun a grass-roots movement to re-wild childhood across Britain, Europe, and North America.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2018, Page 20
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2018, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/08/2018, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 11/06/2018, Page 0
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