Chosen by Cressida Cowell, Guest Editor May 2020 | Winner for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2019 | One of Our Books of the Year 2017
A book to make you think and feel, this is an important, beautiful, spellbinding treasure. Words from nature are disappearing, being removed, left to one side to be forgotten. Some words are in real danger of being lost forever, this book reveals those words, sings them, shows them, reminds us how to love them. Spell-weavers Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris have created a bewitching ode to nature, reminding us of the danger of absence, highlighting beauty, whispering to our soul. It feels as though the words, the poems, and vividly beautiful pictures are as one, the essence of the word, of the being, escapes the page to wrap itself around you. ‘The Lost Words’ is suitable for all ages, and should find a special place in all homes, all libraries, all schools, all hearts. Do read the spell-poems out loud, listen, look, feel, touch, allow your awareness to open and receive these gifts. I found myself entranced, I fell completely under the spell of ‘The Lost Words’, I simply can’t recommend it highly enough.
Our Guest Editor, Cressida Cowell said; "We need our children to have a connection with the natural world, and the language to describe it is crucial. Robert and Jackie’s book is not only a truly beautiful book, it’s an important one too."
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All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world - Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds.The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Lost Words and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Lost Words features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories in Verse, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 9+ readers
The Lost Words is available in CD-Audio, Hardback
The Lost Words was written by Robert Macfarlane and published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Lost Words has 128 pages
£18.00
