![]() ![]() And there is a full spell written by me, to be read aloud by the children, by their parents, anyone. And once those letters have been found, you turn the page, and there is acorn, back on gold leaf, painted by Jackie. And some of those coloured letters, which get picked out by the children, spell acorn. There's just a page of almost absence.īut scattered across it are letters. So you open the first page for acorn, and nothing is there. ![]() Robert Macfarlane, co-creator ofĪnd for each of those words, we wanted to make a summoning back - a magical procession. ![]() And so we wanted to catch a little of that. We 'spell' things aloud - magic works with speaking aloud. The Lost Words By: Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris Narrated by: Edith Bowman, Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews, Benjamin Zephaniah Length: 47 mins 4.7 (78 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. And it makes a crooked, almost A-to-Z through heron and kingfisher and bluebell and otter all the way to the end. Yeah, so the book is simple as could be, really. You start flipping through, each of the words that you have celebrated. There's about three pages dedicated to each one. Just describe what happens in those pages. Working with this extraordinary artist, Jackie Morris, who worked a lot with gold leaf - a magical substance on the page - we made this book that is as big as some of its readers. (Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane/House of Anansi Press) ![]()
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