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A report by the National Trust on Natural Childhood in 2012 set out compelling evidence that a decline in childhood wellbeing and mental health and an increase in obesity rates are just some of the costs of a generational decline in having freedom outdoors. This is a girl/woman whose life consists of arising long before her masters, to get things ready for the household, working more than sixteen hours a day, not being able to go to bed until after everyone else in the household. Fundraising campaigns resulted in the book being donated to all schools in Scotland and Greater London, and 21 English and 3 Welsh counties. She spends her childhood under the table in the Scriptorium, where James Murray and his team of lexicographers, including her father, are compiling the Oxford English Dictionary. As Williams explains in her author’s note, uses of the word had been supplied by members of the public – an important part of how the dictionary was compiled – but the piece of paper showing the final definition is still missing from the archives today.i loved reading about esme growing up amongst the work of her father and falling in love with words and their meanings. A wonderful story, based on fact, is told of how the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was compiled. But Lizzie wants no part of that, she is practical and knows that she can only be thankful not to be living on the streets.

Above all, The Lost Words aims to inspire children to love, benefit from and protect the natural world –“to seek, find and speak” it in the pages of the book and in the universe of their landscapes. As a result of fundraising campaigns, the book has been donated to all schools in Scotland and Greater London, and 21 English and 3 Welsh counties, plus 220 hospices in Britain, to support the health and wellbeing of adults. A shed at the back of the house filled with scholars, who have their routine, which gives a unique atmosphere. Not since Ted Hughes has there been a collection of such fine and important nature poems for children. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.Then there were the revisions to a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary: out went everyday nature words like acorn, bluebell and kingfisher, no longer used enough by children to merit inclusion; in came attachment, broadband, voice-mail, reflecting today’s tech-savvy child who is more at home on the internet than they are in the woods.