Lost Words, The (Magpies)

ll Book by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris, will know it as a work full of wildness, beauty and power. It is a place where poems become spells or incantations, and where art makes magic. This bestselling and award-winning book has become, as the Guardian puts it, ‘a cultural phenomenon’, finding its way into the lives and dreams of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, inspiring hope, wonder and change.Galileo is following up its big success with the Otters Lost Words 1000 piece puzzle (nearly 4000 sales) producing a beautiful 500 piece jigsaw featuring the Magpie. Robert Macfarlane’s ‘spell’ that accompanies the image in the book is included on the back of the box. The book has sold well over 200,000 copies and has won many awards, among them: Winner: Children’s Book of the Year 2018 (British Book of the Year Awards); Winner: Hay Festival Book of the Year 2017; Winner: BAMB Most Beautiful Book of the Year 2017; Shortlisted: Waterstones Book of the Year 2017