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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 17/01/2019
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ISBN: 9780241387702
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Dimensions: 127mm x 4mm x 125mm
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Weight: 46g
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RRP: £8.99
The Lost Words
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Jackie Morris
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Robert Macfarlane
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Guy Garvey (Read by)
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Cerys Matthews (Read by)
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Benjamin Zephaniah (Read by)
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Edith Bowman (Read by)
Penguin presents the CD edition of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, read by Edith Bowman, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews and Benjamin Zephaniah.
All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent the natural world of childhood, a rich landscape of discovery and imagination that is fading from children's minds.
The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of the poetry of nature words and the living glory of our distinctive, British countryside. With acrostic spell-poems by peerless wordsmith Robert Macfarlane this enchanting audiobook captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.
Across a rich and vivid natural soundscape, Edith Bowman, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews and Benjamin Zephaniah, iconic voices of modern Britain, bring the magic of nature and language to listeners. Through captivating readings, wonderful natural recordings and more, the audio edition of The Lost Words is a stunning celebration of the nature and the power of language.
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 17/01/2019
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ISBN: 9780241387702
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Dimensions: 127mm x 4mm x 125mm
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Weight: 46g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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One of the publishing sensations of recent times is The Lost Words
Daily Mail
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My top book of the year... It is one of those children's books for ages up to 99 years. The lost words are those my generation and earlier ones used every day and which are fast disappearing, and Macfarlane's aim is to resurrect the everyday glories of our language. May he succeed
Susan Hill
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Gilded and glorious, Jackie Morris's paintings illustrate Robert Macfarlane's acrostic poems in The Lost Words, one of the years loveliest books for all ages over 10
The Sunday Times
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Rapturously received celebration of nature
The New Statesman
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Macfarlane is a changemaker... he has made nature-writing populis6t and big-selling. Morris's paintings are beautiful - at once familiar and other. A contender for book of the year
The Big Issue
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'deeply reflective and gorgeously illustrated...Morris's paintings of wildlife echo the complexity and vibrancy of Macfarlane's poetry'
Publisher's Weekly
