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4.41 AVERAGE
Lovely large-format hardback with very good illustrations and evocative poems.
I’d up it to four stars if you listen to the audiobook while reading. It makes the book immersive.
I’ve praised this rich and imaginative collaboration a lot: this http://nicktomjoe.brookesblogs.net/2017/10/17/yellow-skies-and-red-suns/ was my latest. Five stars.
lighthearted
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After reading The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane, and hearing that it had prequel of sorts in the form of this book, I decided to give it a go. While definitely enjoyable and whimsical in its writing and structure, it did surprisingly fall a bit short of its successor, through no fault of its own. This could very much be because the author simply got better at his craft, as I could very much see the seeds of the former in the latter in both theme and style. Overall though, reading this was a great experience that gave, via an even mix of poetry and visual art, and appreciation of the wonders of nature that so often go over looked due to their commonality, and yet are miraculous in their own respect.
reflective
fast-paced
I want to get a copy for everyone I know who loves words, nature, and believes in the magic of both.
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A book that deserves to be read aloud, along side some strong cheese, cool ale, and above all else, children. SM
So beautiful! The premise is: a handful of nature words have been replaced by tech words in a recent dictionary. This book celebrates those missing words. *Thankfully* my children knew knew most of them. The poems! The art! A keeper for sure.
Picked this up while looking for a copy of Macfarlane’s ‘Underland’. Focusing on words like acorn, bramble, lark, and other words that have disappeared from Children’s dictionaries to be replaced by computer based words like broadband, keyboard, and mouse, “the Lost Words” is a collection of short poems, maybe more spells than poems, of those old nature words, with illustrations. It is very short, and is probably meant to be read out loud, and then only with a young child on your knee. A little ‘twee’ if that word is still in use, but it did manage to take me back to the conker and dandelion days of my childhood.
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Beautiful collection of poetry about nature, gearing towards children, but suitable for everyone. The audio book was beautifully read and soundscaped too. A joy to listen to! (The only problem with the audiobook is that you don't get to see all the beautiful drawings in the physical copy of the book!)