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Book

The lost words : a spell book

Call Number

  • 821 M1438 TEEN (EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Publication Information

[Toronto] Canada : House of Anansi Press Inc., 2018.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 38 cm

Summary

"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. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and hand-painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages."--

Notes

Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd.

Subjects

Added Authors

Jackie Morris