pstrongFrom bestselling iLandmarksi author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world. strongppIn 2007, when a new edition of the iOxford Junior Dictionaryi -- widely used in schools around the world -- was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. Apparently they were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these lost words included iacorni, iadderi, ibluebelli, idandelioni, iferni, iheroni, ikingfisheri, inewti, iotteri, and iwillowi. Among the words taking their place were iattachmenti, iblogi, ibroadbandi, ibullet-pointi, icut-and-pastei, and ivoice-maili. The news of these substitutions -- the outdoor and natural being displaced by the indoor and virtual -- became seen by many as a powerful sign of the growing gulf between childhood a