{"product_id":"the-lost-spells-robert-macfarlane","title":"The Lost Spells (Robert Macfarlane)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful books make unforgettable gifts. This pocket-sized treasure is the perfect present for fans of nature, language and rich artwork, adult and child alike!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKindred in spirit to \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e but fresh in its form, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo \u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJackie Morris.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach \"spell\" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw -- with which we share our lives and landscapes. Moving, joyful and funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Luminously beautiful. An amulet in dark times, to be carried like a talisman out into the world, where it is very much needed' Dara McAnulty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book about spells that succeeds in being spell-binding in its own right . . . It already feels like a true classic. Buy one copy for yourself and any others for as many children as you can afford' \u003ci\u003eBooks for Keeps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Macfarlane's \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e- and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling books include \u003ci\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book-length prose-poem, \u003ci\u003eNess\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, won prizes around the world, and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio and dance. He has also written operas, plays, albums, choral works, and films including \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMountain\u003c\/i\u003e, both narrated by Willem Dafoe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane has collaborated closely with artists including Olafur Eliasson, and with the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the internationally bestselling books of nature-poetry and art, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E.M. Forster Prize for Literature, and in 2023 in Toronto he was the inaugural winner of the Weston International Award for a body of work in the field of non-fiction. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and is presently working on a graphic novel re-telling of the \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane and Morris's latest project, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Birds, \u003c\/i\u003ewill be published in May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackie Morris has written or illustrated over seventy books, including the beloved children's classics \u003ci\u003eTell Me a Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEast of the Sun, West of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and a volume of modern folklore for readers of all ages, \u003ci\u003eWild Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eco-created with Tamsin Abbott, as well as introducing and illustrating Barbara Newhall Follett's gem of wild literature, \u003ci\u003eThe House Without Windows\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the internationally bestselling and award-winning co-creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Spells\u003c\/i\u003e, two books which have captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers of all ages. In 2018 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal and the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year for \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer artwork is held by public art collections in the UK and USA and has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman, Independent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e among other venues. 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