written by Eva John that is intended for educators and others. I am looking forward to getting lost in this guide as well.
Thanks to my colleague Steve and his recommendation, I placed this book on hold from my local library. Due to the pandemic, it took quite a while to receive it, but once I opened it up I was enamored with its amazing beauty. It is an oversized, coffee table book that begs to be explored by all family members, over and over again, especially if you are a nature lover. From the back cover, “When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary...was published, a sharp eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these “lost words” included acorn, adder...dandelion...newt...and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog...cut-and-paste, and voice-mail. In response, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a “spell book” that would conjure back twenty of those lost words...“ Each exquisite Illustration is accompanied by a sophisticated acrostic poem for each word. The magical paintings and the in between double spread of puzzling letters conjure up the wild things and theIr extraordinary natures. There’s a special treat mentioned on the end pages that I just briefly explored. It is a free “Explorer’s Guide to The Lost Words” , www.johnmuirtrust.org/initiatives/the-lost-words
written by Eva John that is intended for educators and others. I am looking forward to getting lost in this guide as well.
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