Otter - Accordian Book No. 2

The unmissable sequel to bestselling, highly acclaimed, award-winning, hit The Lost Words. The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, kindred in spirit to The Lost Words, that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork.

The flood is over and 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 reveals an amazing sight - and a special surprise! It’s a book for our time, about hope and growth and new beginnings and kindness. Written by Jackie Morris and Illustrated by James Mayhew

Written by Jackie Morris Illustrated by James Mayhew.

“Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed – fading away like water on stone. The words were those that children used to name the natural world around them: acorn, adder, bluebell, bramble, conker – gone! Fern, heather, kingfisher, otter, raven, willow, wren…all of them gone! The words were being lost…” A collaboration between Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane, The Lost Words is a very special illustrated collection of spell-poems to re-wild the language of children. All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives.

“Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed – fading away like water on stone. The words were those that children used to name the natural world around them: acorn, adder, bluebell, bramble, conker – gone! Fern, heather, kingfisher, otter, raven, willow, wren…all of them gone! The words were being lost…” A companion piece to the hugely successful Lost Words book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. This stunning hardback book features exclusive new spells and artwork, and a CD of new music by eight acclaimed musicians, inspired by the book. This new collaboration takes us further into the magical world of The Lost Words.