The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

'My best book of the year' - Susan Hill, Spectator

'Beautiful to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language - and its scope' - Jeanette Winterson, Guardian

'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I have read this year' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer

By bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris.

Across the country, words are disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of nature - dandelion, otter, blackberry, and acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is quickly fading from our children's minds.

The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of a wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they evoke, featuring acrostic spell poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane.