Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Children's Illustrated & Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021
The unmissable sequel to bestselling,award-winning,multi-adaptation hit The Lost Words.
Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but intriguingly new in form,pocket-sized gem The Lost Spells introduces another beautiful set of spell-poems and artwork by formidable creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
As in The Lost Words,these "spells" take their subjects from relatively commonplace,and yet underappreciated,animals,birds,trees and flowers - from Barn Owl to Red Fox,Grey Seal to Silver Birch,Jay to Jackdaw. But they break out of the triptych format of The Lost Words,finding new shapes,new spaces and new voices with which to conjure.
Written to be read aloud,painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest,field,riverbank and also to the heart,The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care,and inspires protection and action on behalf of the natural world. Above all,it celebrates a sense of wonder,bearing witness to nature's power to amaze,console and bring joy.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241444641Number of pages: 240Weight: 420 gDimensions: 180 x 132 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Praise for The Lost Words:
'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year'- The Observer
'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic and scope of language'- The Guardian
'A breathtaking book. Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at... Accessible and magical'- The New Statesman
'Gilded and glorious,one of the year's loveliest books for all ages over 10'-The Sunday Times
The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
A British author and academic,Robert Macfarlane is an author of prize-winning books on the themes of memory,landscape,nature,environmentalism and travel and regularly writes for publications including the Guardian and the Times. His first book,Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. His other works include,The Old Ways,Landmarks and The Lost Words,a children's book of nature spells created in partnership with artist Jackie Morris.
Robert Macfarlane is Reader in Literature and the Geohumanities in the Faculty of English at Emmanuel College,Cambridge. His forthcoming book about subterranean spaces and deep time,Underland,will be published in 2019.
Visit the Robert Macfarlane author pageJackie Morris
Jackie Morris is an award-winning British writer and illustrator,best known for the stunning The Lost Words,co-authored with Robert Macfarlane. Their second collaboration,The Lost Spells,is published in April 2020.
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