the lost words by robert macfarlane and jackie morris

*** Discover The Lost Spells, the magical companion book from the creators of a literary phenomenon. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and illustrations by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book evokes the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages. It is a joyful celebration - in art and word - of nearby nature and its wonders. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and illustrations by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book evokes the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. A wild landscape of imagination and play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. These are the words of the natural world Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. 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.BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Ī timeless, beautifully designed book for children and adults alike, The Lost Words will be pored over and cherished for years to come.Īll over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. By the magic of word, 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. Ten years later, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a “spell book” that will conjure back 20 of these lost words and the beings they name, from acorn to wren. 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.

Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail. The list of these “lost words” included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. 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 40 common words concerning nature had been dropped.

The lost words by robert macfarlane and jackie morris