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The Lost Words

The Lost Words

by Robert MacFarlane

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appears in Etymology, Art, and Poetry.

Winner, CILIP Kate Greenaway MedalFinalist, Wainwright PrizeIn 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary ? widely used in schools around the world ? was published, a sharpeyed 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 t...

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appears in Etymology, Art, and Poetry.

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