The Wild Cards

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.

“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.