The books : the lost words & the lost spells

Today I am going to speak to you about two children (?) books in English that are also made for grownups as they speak of sensible matters for us all and have wonderful illustrations for the pleasure of the eyes and the soul :-)

In two words:

"lost and found"

the lost words - cover

the lost words

by
Robert Macfarlane &
Jackie Morris

in French

les mots perdus

par
Robert Macfarlane &
Jackie Morris
(trad. Seymourina Cruse)

the lost spells

by

Robert Macfarlane &
Jackie Morris

the lost spells - cover

the lost words

Beautiful poems for creatures that we no longer see because we don’t go near Nature anymore or because they are so few nowadays and thus they are rare. So children lose the words from their vocabulary and they forget them because they do not use them anymore!

But this magnificent book is here to remind us of these words and to make them live more and more, especially when these words are pronounced loudly and make these beings vibrate in perfect harmony with the vibration of our voice as we summon them during the evenings or at the moment we are reading them to our children or grand-children or even when we read them for ourselves to fill in the lack of company!

conker

dandelion

magpie

wren

the lost spells

In this book we speak of poems no more, we speak of spells and we really need them! Read aloud these spells and this hopefully will protect these species that grow fewer and fewer each day because of our stupidity and our excessive behavior against Nature! Read these spells aloud when you need protection and company during the lonely nights when the lack of fellows and friends is so strong! Nature is here for us and summoning Her can sometimes be enough to fill our soul with memories or images of Nature being there to protect with harmony, but we also need to protect Nature on our turn in order for Her to continue being there for us. Bring alive all these people who are present on this small book and read aloud the spells! It’s magic!

thrift

woodpecker

swallow

Learn more on these two wonderful books on  https://www.thelostwords.org/

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Bien à vous,
Dimitra

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