The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane Annette C. Boehm and Beatrix Potter’s bed –

and Beatrix Potter’s bed – a rich swell of voices with an irresistible and peculiar power

versions of two Dante cantos

McFarlane’s poems are beautifully crafted

full of bewilderment

and a clarity which does not deny mystery but makes room for it

The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane Annette C. Boehm and Beatrix Potter’s bed –Hardback and Large Format Edition All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic