The Lost Words - Rediscover our natural world with this spellbinding book
Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Alter | 5 - 12 Jahre |
Auflage | 2017 |
Seiten | 128 |
Format | 27,7 x 37,6 x 1,7 cm |
Gewicht | 1464 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0241253586 |
EAN | 9780241253588 |
Bestell-Nr | 24125358EA |
A timeless, beautifully designed gift for children and adults alike, The Lost Words is a gift that will be poured over and cherished for years to come.
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. A wild landscape of imagination and play is rapidly fading from our children's minds.
The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. 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.
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Praise for The Lost Words:
'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell -Boyce, Observer
'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston, Observer
'My top book of the year' Susan Hill, Spectator
'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language - and its scope' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian
Rezension:
Sumptuously illustrated... the poems or nature summoning spells are indebted to Gerard Manley Hopkins with rich alliteration, word-play and compound adjectives [and] the illustrations make plants and creatures luminous against backgrounds of gold leaf The Sunday Times