board book pub date: April 12
and illustrated twelve books including Ocean Anatomy
which was on the Kirkus
and watercolor illustrations render winning details with emotional sensitivity
an incredible variety of nests are showcased here in all their splendor
The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane Ambleside board book pub date: AprilIn 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary 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: acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the