There‘s” another form of recovery that Robert MacFarlane, the lyrical British nature author, addressed in “The Lost Words, a Spell Book, a series on incantations to bring back nature words omitted from the 2007 edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary. Those words included bluebell, acorn, wren, and kingfisher—to be replaced by the likes of broadband, voicemail, and celebrity. Every spell is meant to be read aloud. #keepkidsintouchwiththewild
vivastory Acorn was omitted?! Geez... 2y
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