The Lost Words: A Spell Book

Robert Macfarlane
821.92 Mac

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.—House of Anansi Press



"I love this book. It is beautiful and, indeed, almost magical."—Submitted by Paula GO., Web Administrator


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  • The Woman in the Dunes


  • The Chronicles of Amber


  • Under the Volcano


  • The Murderer's Ape


  • Cry, Heart, But Never Break


  • Hopscotch


  • To Kill A Mockingbird


  • The Clan of the Cave Bear


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  • Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s


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  • Castoff: The Strange Adventures of Petra De Winter and Bram


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  • Feeling Sorry for Celia


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  • A Little Princess


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  • Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?


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  • Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings of Shel Silverstein


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  • Tropic of Cancer


  • Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction


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  • My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book One


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  • Naked Lunch


  • The Woman in White


  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years


  • Lost Horizon


  • Figuring


  • The Johnstown Flood


  • Sunny


  • Near to the Wild Heart


  • The Music Lesson


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  • The Raven Boys


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  • The College of Beer : The Story of Nick's English Hut


  • The Color Monster


  • Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker


  • X'ed Out


  • Growth of the Soil


  • Persepolis


  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


  • The Essential Tales of Chekhov


  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine


  • Inferno: The World at War 1939-1945


  • Patriot Games


  • The Charterhouse of Parma


  • The Friend


  • The Stardust Road


  • The Girl From Rawblood


  • The Lifespan of a Fact


  • Siddhartha


  • Six Seasons


  • On A Sunbeam


  • Dangerous Laughter


  • Once & Future, Volume 1


  • The Monkey's Raincoat


  • The Goldfinch


  • The Ghost Clause


  • The Luster of Lost Things


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  • I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness


  • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said


  • The Time Traveler's Wife


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