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Ask the children to decide which one is their favourite.

Select several poems from the book and read them aloud to the class.

What actions could be used, and at what speed? Try red fox Select a poem and line by line/ verse by verse, consider how this line/ verse should be said and why. Use the voice and body to create special effects. This will only be achieved if the child understands the poem.

Select a poem to learn to recite using correct intonation and expression.

Let’s get children talking about poems What can you do with a poem? Suggested ideas for using the poetry anthology Each spell needs to be read aloud incantations to nature. Once again, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie have created a stunning anthology.

So, from October’s list, I have selected ‘the lost spells,’ sister book to The Lost Words. Although I have not yet increased it to a level I am happy with, I am trying to ensure that at least one of the monthly new texts is a poetry book. About the collectionĪt the start of each academic year, I resolve to increase the number of poetry books I share with teachers. This is her second collaboration with Robert MacFarlane. Jackie Morris has written and illustrated over forty books, including Tell Me a Dragon and Song of The Golden Hare. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Robert Macfarlane is the author responsible for The Lost Words and has also written several books about nature, place, and people. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells is for anyone who wants to celebrate and save the natural world around us - be that in the city or countryside, before it’s lost forever.The lost spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris As she journeys through the wild world, she meets a host of wonderful characters on a fantastical adventure like no other she learns the dandelion time, meets a boy who turns into a seal, flies with band of jackdaws and battles with conkers - on a quest to find that which was once lost.Ī fun, wild and boisterous adventure full of paw-tapping music and dancing, played live on-stage by talented actor-musicians, The Lost Spells is a riot of colour and a new Alice in Wonderland, celebrating the magic, power and wonder of nature that could be just outside your window.Īdapted from the ‘cultural phenomenon’ and bestselling book that has delighted and inspired people of all ages, by globally renowned writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. Moths appear from nowhere Owls light up the dark a Red Fox leads the way down a rabbit hole to a brand new wonderland.

The Lost Spells A New Musical Based on the book by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie MorrisĪ Goblin, Watford Palace Theatre, Polka & Theatre by the Lake Co-ProductionĪ girl with no name finds a magical book of spells that conjures up a wild world.