Born from the groundswell of indignation at the removal of nature words from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, this big, beautiful book gives some of them back, one by one, each gloriously illustrated by Morris and with its own 'spell' in the form of a poetic acrostic. Aimed at children, I defy any adult not to be entranced. It has been distributed to schools (take that OJD!) and a percentage of sales goes to Action for Conservation. Marvellous!
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 99 Winter 2021 ) |
