【撫撩枝葉藤蔓為線索,踏尋雪泥足跡做詩歌】 如歌的短詩和美麗的插圖帶你找回閱讀的純粹之美 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。 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。 WINNER OF THE CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2019 WINNER OF THE BEAUTIFUL BOOK AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2018 'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer 'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language - and its scope' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian 'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston, Observer 'My top book of the year' Susan Hill, Spectator From the outstanding creative partnership of Robert Macfarlane (Underland, The Old Ways) and Jackie Morris (Tell Me a Dragon, The Snow Leopard) 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 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. ISBN-10: 0241253586 ISBN-13: 978-0241253588