{"product_id":"the-lost-words","title":"The Lost Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these lost words included acorn  adder  bluebell  dandelion  fern  heron  kingfisher  newt  otter  and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment  blog  broadband  bullet-point  cut-and-paste  and voice-mail. The news of these substitutions  the outdoor and natural being displaced by the indoor and virtual  became seen by many as a powerful sign of the growing gulf between childhood and the natural world. Ten years later  Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to make a spell book that will conjure back twenty of these lost words  and the beings they name  from acorn to wren. By the magic of word and paint  they sought to summon these words again into the voices  stories  and dreams of children and adults alike  and to celebrate the wonder and importance of everyday nature. The Lost Words is that book  a work that has already cast its extraordinary spell on hundreds of thousands of people and begun a grass-roots movement to re-wild childhood across Britain  Europe  and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945289707573,"sku":"ByrdShop_1487005385","price":55.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781487005382_7be02c84-f7ac-41a1-a155-6740a3b35a07.jpg?v=1770145078","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-words","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}