The Lost Words

by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Book Overview

From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world. In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary -- widely used in schools around the world -- was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487005385
• ISBN13: 9781487005382
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Anansi International
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.0" x 14.8"

Customer Reviews

Lost Words should be in every library

This is a magnificently illustrated book highlighting the absurdity of removing certain words from the dictionary. Just as there are endangered birds, this book gives us endangered words, several being names of birds. Children need all the words they can discover.