{"product_id":"the-lost-words","title":"The Lost Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnce upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children.\u003cbr\u003eThey disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed - until one day, they were gone.\u003cbr\u003eBut there is an old kind of magic for finding what is missing, and for summoning what has vanished. If the right spells are spoken, the lost words might return...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRobert Macfarlane – the author of the extraordinary bestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/landmarks\/robert-macfarlane\/9780241967874\"\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– and acclaimed artist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.jackiemorris.co.uk\/blog\/\"\u003eJackie Morris\u003c\/a\u003e, who lives and breathes the natural world like almost no other, have combined their equally extraordinary talents to produce something stunning in the world of children's literature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a very special illustrated collection of spell-poems to re-wild the language of children. All 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis work stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssembled in acrostic spell-poems by the peerless wordsmith that is Robert Macfarlane and illuminated by Jackie Morris’ unparalleled skill in rendering the natural world,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a volume to be treasured forever. The book – standing some two feet high and over 130 pages – will almost be as monumental as the world it describes, a fitting thing of beauty to arrest the decline of a language and experience that are both so quickly fading away.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e128\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e376\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e276\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e16\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterest age: From 5 years\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56250162413948,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0332\/2039\/5140\/files\/thelostwords.jpg?v=1768905095","url":"https:\/\/shop.theboxplymouth.com\/products\/the-lost-words","provider":"The Box","version":"1.0","type":"link"}