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Lost Words: A Spell Book
出版社： Penguin Book U.K.
書林書號：
20227371
作者：
Macfarlane, Robert/ Morris, Jackie
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1000
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$850
ISBN：
9780241253588
出版年份：
2017
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【撫撩枝葉藤蔓為線索，踏尋雪泥足跡做詩歌】《The Lost Words》

突然有一天，所有的孩子都忘記如何說話

全世界陷入失語的時代
他們想不起林間飛梭的鳥兒叫什麼
也想不起山坡上綿延的植物怎麼稱呼
更喚不出自己最喜歡花朵的名字

還好，我們還有這本書，在這片語言消失的荒蕪大地，金翅雀像引路人般，在草叢中、雪地上、樹枝間，我們必須用心觀察，那些金色、綠色的字母，將他們輕輕撿拾，耐心推敲，才能將植物、花兒、飛鳥等動物的名字取回，再次為這個世界帶回生機和活力。

暢銷字彙書作者Robert Macfarlane認為現代的兒童英語字典中，與自然環境、動植物相關的單字量越來越少，這是否意味著網路時代的降臨，讓孩子漸漸不再接觸、關心大自然生態，同時，也失去理解動植物豐富知識的機會。自然學科的知識常被認為是專業學科，光是複雜的門科分類就讓人翻兩三頁就想放棄，但是這本書卻有種讓讀者無法停止的魔力。

無論是由水彩和細膩筆觸勾勒的水鳥和野兔，還是透過機密觀察才能精準復刻的植物花卉，插畫家Jackie Morris絕對是這本高規格字彙學習書不可或缺的功臣，不但一手包辦封面到封底，她還親自前往各地觀察每種動物的身形與動作，並因應作者的文字而調整畫裡動物的姿態，讓Robert的短詩和圖片能夠映襯出相對的氣質。

2017年末，想幫孩子再找一本字彙學習書？或是，想買本字彙學習書送給誰當禮物？又只是覺得，想單純收藏一本植物花卉鳥類圖鑑？《The Lost Words》絕對是不會讓你失望的答案。

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https://www.penguin.co.uk/…/2…/jul/designing-the-lost-words/


Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed - until one day, they were gone.

But there is an old kind of magic for finding what is missing, and for summoning what has gone. If the right spells are spoken, the lost words can be brought back . . .

All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent the natural world of childhood, a rich landscape of discovery and imagination that is fading from children's minds.

The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of the poetry of nature words and the living glory of our distinctive, British countryside. With acrostic spell-poems by peerless wordsmith Robert Macfarlane and hand-painted illustrations by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages.
Robert Macfarlane won the Guardian First Book Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his first book, Mountains of the Mind. His second, The Wild Places, won three prizes and was adapted for the BBC. The Old Ways was joint winner of the Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award, and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and eight other awards. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 





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