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Research shows children are spending increasingly less time in and among nature. This comes in spite of the fact the future of humanity would be better served if the youngest generations can learn to love, and nurture, the natural world.
WeB次元官网网址檙e in love with The Lost Words by & . Showing our appreciation by donating $8 per book to education programs for children.
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In an attempt to better connect children with nature, MunroB次元官网网址檚 Books is donating $8 per copy sold of the popular British book The Lost Words to benefit educational programming at Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary. Authored by Robert MacFarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris, The Lost Words uses poems and illustrations to chronicle words reflecting the natural world that were dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary.
Words such as heron, acorn, conker, chestnut, raven, willow and fern were deemed uncommon in the modern vernacular of youth.
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MacFarlane argued we canB次元官网网址檛 expect children to love nature if they canB次元官网网址檛 even name a wren when they spot one.
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B次元官网网址淭he book illustrates words that are far from being extinctB次元官网网址攎any of the plants, animals and birds described can be seen at the Sanctuary today.B次元官网网址�
