The Lost Words

By Robert Macfarlane (Author) and Jackie Morris (Illustrator)

Notes By Eva John

Category Poetry

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A 32-page illustrated Explorer’s Guide to The Lost Words, for teachers, parents, children, nurseries, youth groups, charities, outdoor instructors, Forest Schools, primary schools, secondary schools, hostel staff, festival organisers, community workers, storytellers,... it's for anyone with an interest in nature, words and images, and anyone who wants to explore further some of the ideas and creatures conjured up by The Lost Words: A Spell Book.

Also available for download is a pack containing a series of 12 challenge cards, all themed around The Lost Words. You can dip in and use as many of the cards as you like with children to help them think about the world around them in lots of interesting and important ways.

A 35-guide companion to the above resources, An Explorer’s Guide: Spell Songs is an exploration of the whole range of beautiful musical responses by eight musicians to the art and words of Jackie Morris and Roberet Macfarlane, together with the new spells and paintings that appear in this artefact.

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All over the country, there are words disappearing from children’s lives. These are the words of the natural world — Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children’s minds.

The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane and hand-painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.

Mrs Noah's Garden

By Jackie Morris (Author) and James Mayhew (Illustrator)

Notes By Eva John

Category Picture Books - Fiction

About the Resources

An 8 page illustrated set of Teachers’ Notes to encourage close observation and reflection through a range of stimulating creative, imaginative and practical activities.

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The flood is over - but while Mr Noah builds a house out of the ark, Mrs Noah creates a garden. Luckily her famous pockets contain seeds and she has some help from the children - and the creatures. Midsummer morning brings some very special surprises!

This magical story from the creators of Mrs Noah's Pockets explores new beginnings, care for nature and, above all, home.

The Lost Spells

By Jackie Morris (Illustrator) and Robert Macfarlane (Author)

Notes By Eva John

Category Picture Books - Non-Fiction

About the Resources

A 35-page illustrated set of Teachers’ Notes. This Guide is for celebrating the magic of nature and the magic of language. It is for teachers, librarians and children who want to experience the sights and sounds of the seasons. It is for anyone with an interest in the natural world who wants to explore The Lost Spells.

The Guide is for use in classrooms, at home or in an outdoor space of your choosing. The various activities and challenges included can be dipped in and out of or used consecutively as a cross-curricular scheme of work.

There are limitless opportunities for learning across all subjects - from researching, writing and storytelling, to science and conservation projects. New resources will be added with each season, and we hope you enjoy them.

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Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

As in The Lost Words, these ‘spells’ take their subjects from relatively commonplace, and yet underappreciated, animals, birds, trees and flowers - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw. But they break out of the triptych format of The Lost Words, finding new shapes, new spaces and new voices with which to conjure.

Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, and inspires protection and action on behalf of the natural world. Above all, it celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature’s power to amaze, console and bring joy.