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Genuinely one of the most gorgeous books that I own: in form, style, art, and verse.
This is a beautiful book and I couldn’t wait to get it for Christmas. I care about the environment and I’m saddened that so many children sit indoors and don’t get a chance to play in nature, so I appreciate the authors’ purpose. So many words and experiences are missing from our children’s lives. They can’t appreciate what they don’t know. I wonder if this lack of appreciation will further damage our already neglected planet. The prose in the book was a bit sophisticated for children and younger children may need an adult to help them appreciate it. There’s also a link in the back of the book for more suggestions on how to enjoy being outside. I plan on enjoying this book a while longer and then I’ll donate it to a local library in my father’s memory. He taught me to enjoy and to participate in the outdoors. I’d love to think that a child may try and find a lark or a fern after reading that donated book.
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What a gorgeous book!! The illustrations are gorgeous and give life to what is being talked about and the poetry talks about the plants & animals in a very accessible way. What a joy to read!
I started following Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris on Twitter a while back. Jackie's art if fascinating and lovely, very nature-focussed. Robert's writing is deeply focused on words, especially regional words, lost words, uncommon words that are nevertheless the PERFECT word to describe something. Holloway. Murmuration. Kingfisher.
I got my copy of The Lost Words today, and sat down to read it almost immediately. The first poem, on the humble acorn, stunned me with its beauty and imagery. All the rest of the poems and artwork were lovely and stunning. Kingfishers and otters and starlings. Conkers and wrens and weasels. Willows. Macfarlane may remind you a bit of Gerard Manley Hopkins in some places, but a little gentler and wittier.
I took the (for me) extraordinary step of going to a local independent bookshop and special-ordering the book. I'm normally an ebook reader, but you need to see this book in all its large format beauty. It's worth it.
My life is a little better because I've seen these images and read these words. Look it up. Read it. I hope you love it as much as I do.
I got my copy of The Lost Words today, and sat down to read it almost immediately. The first poem, on the humble acorn, stunned me with its beauty and imagery. All the rest of the poems and artwork were lovely and stunning. Kingfishers and otters and starlings. Conkers and wrens and weasels. Willows. Macfarlane may remind you a bit of Gerard Manley Hopkins in some places, but a little gentler and wittier.
I took the (for me) extraordinary step of going to a local independent bookshop and special-ordering the book. I'm normally an ebook reader, but you need to see this book in all its large format beauty. It's worth it.
My life is a little better because I've seen these images and read these words. Look it up. Read it. I hope you love it as much as I do.
Spellbinding! The next best thing to having a proper country childhood. I turned mine into a bilingual edition which - amongst other things - meant that I finally got round to learning the Spanish word for heather. Somehow knowing the proper name for it meant that I saw it everywhere in Galicia last summer. And that is what this book is all about. The power of naming things.
The reason I bought this books was because of the stunning illustrations, but it took me way too long to actually pick it up to read the poems. Having finally done so, it is the combination of the two that make this book so magical.
It combines three of the things I love: nature, poetry that makes sense to me and beautiful artwork.
My favourite poems were the ones about the Kingfisher, the Newt and the Willow. There were a couple that did not quite grab be as much, but this is such a gorgeous book, that I will treasure it forever!
The only problem is that it is so big! Where to put it where it doesn't get all dusty?
It combines three of the things I love: nature, poetry that makes sense to me and beautiful artwork.
My favourite poems were the ones about the Kingfisher, the Newt and the Willow. There were a couple that did not quite grab be as much, but this is such a gorgeous book, that I will treasure it forever!
The only problem is that it is so big! Where to put it where it doesn't get all dusty?