Penguin presents the CD edition of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane,read by Edith Bowman,Guy Garvey,Cerys Matthews and Benjamin Zephaniah.All over the country,there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion,Otter,Bramble,Acorn and Lark represent the natural world of childhood,a rich landscape of discovery and imagination that is fading from children's minds.The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of the poetry of nature words and the living glory of our distinctive,British countryside. With acrostic spell-poems by peerless wordsmith Robert Macfarlane this enchanting audiobook captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.Across a rich and vivid natural soundscape,Edith Bowman,Guy Garvey,Cerys Matthews and Benjamin Zephaniah,iconic voices of modern Britain,bring the magic of nature and language to listeners. Through captivating readings,wonderful natural recordings and more,the audio edition of The Lost Words is a stunning celebration of the nature and the power of language.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241387702Weight: 46 gDimensions: 127 x 123 x 4 mm
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Sumptuous...a book combining meticulous wordcraft with exquisite illustrations deftly restores language describing the natural world to the children's lexicon... The Lost Words is a beautiful book and an important oneOne of the publishing sensations of recent times is The Lost WordsMy top book of the year... It is one of those children's books for ages up to 99 years. The lost words are those my generation and earlier ones used every day and which are fast disappearing,and Macfarlane's aim is to resurrect the everyday glories of our language. May he succeedGilded and glorious,Jackie Morris's paintings illustrate Robert Macfarlane's acrostic poems in The Lost Words,one of the years loveliest books for all ages over 10Rapturously received celebration of natureMacfarlane is a changemaker... he has made nature-writing populis6t and big-selling. Morris's paintings are beautiful - at once familiar and other. A contender for book of the year
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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