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The Lost Words

BAMB Beautiful Book Award 2017Hay Festival Book of the YearTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Fast becoming a cultural phenomenon Adapted as a choral work a theatrical performance stitched into embroidered braille whispered the words through the trees of the National Forest in DerbyshireIt will be discovered by a generation of children' Guardian'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 'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce ObserverFrom bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist & author Jackie MorrisAll 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'Gorgeous' ObserverThe 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'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston Observer
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BAMB Beautiful Book Award 2017 Hay Festival Book of the Year THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER' Fast becoming a cultural phenomenon Adapted as a choral work a theatrical performance stitched into embroidered braille whispered the words through the trees of the National Forest in Derbyshire It will be discovered by a generation of children' Guardian' My top book of the year' Susan Hill Spectator' Gorgeous to look at & to read Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language
- & its scope' Jeanette Winterson Guardian ' The most beautiful & thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce Observer From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris All over the country there are words disappearing from children's lives These are the words of the natural world
- Dandelion Otter Bramble & Acorn all gone The rich landscape of wild imagination & wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds' Gorgeous' Observer The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood It is a joyful celebration of nature words & the natural world they invoke With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane & h&-painted illustration by Jackie Morris this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language & nature for all ages' Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston Observer

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Embroidered - A decorative stitching technique
Forest - A area with a high density of trees
Hand - A part of the body at the end of the arm
Hand - A pointer which indicates time on a clock face
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.
Natural - not manmade
Language - the method of communication used in different areas. Humans and computers have many different languages.
Festival - A period usually occurring once a year for celebration, typically for religious reasons.
Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
Children - A young life form within the early stages of physical development,
Performance - When someone is presenting a form of entertainment, also how well someone is doing within a role.
Language - The way humans communicate either written and spoken.

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