Anyone who knows the work of Robert Macfarlane knows that it’s suffused with a sense of loss. Lost words, lost creatures, lost habitats. His most recent book, The Lost Spells, picks up the theme and opens with these words. “Loss is the tune of our age, hard to miss and hard to bear. Creatures, places and words disappear, day after day, year on year”.

This is Macfarlane’s second collaboration with the brilliant artist, Jackie Morris. It’s a gorgeous set of spells or incantations to be read aloud, celebrating the beauty and fragility of the natural world. Various birds, trees, and creatures are rendered in stunning combinations of words and pictures. Vivid enchantments for our beautiful, endangered world.