Feather, Leaf, Bark & Stone

For Jackie Morris: ‘Beautiful, lyrical and lovely’ Joanne Harris on The Wild Swans ‘Jackie Morris does more than tell a story; she conjures glorious landscapes of the heart’ Meg Rosoff For The Unwinding: ‘The tales feel like half-remembered dreams, peopled with fairytale characters and magnificent creatures’ Rebecca Armstrong, i Paper Best Books of 2020 ‘A quiet masterpiece … a love story, a hope story, a story out of time, out of stricture, out of the narrow artificial bounds by which we try to contain the wild wonderland of reality because we are too frightened to live wonder-stricken’ Maria Popova, Brain Pickings Praise for The Lost Words: “Every page is enthralling.” –New York Times “Stylish and melancholy, The Lost Words is a book to savor.” –Wall Street Journal “Art, verse, and nature are combined with entertaining elegance in The Lost Words … This large, quality hardcover allows words and watercolor to shine and results in a work that can be left open at any page to stunning effect.” Shelf Awareness “Utterly enchanting, it’s a celebration of nature – but also language itself. If I ran the world, it’d be in every school library and classroom possible.” Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast “This union of natural history, poetry, art, and whimsy is, indeed, a truly enchanting all-ages book of life to contemplate, read aloud, and share.” Booklist “A sumptuous, nostalgic ode to a disappearing landscape.” Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Unwinding: “A quiet masterpiece … a love story, a hope story, a story out of time, out of stricture, out of the narrow artificial bounds by which we try to contain the wild wonderland of reality because we are too frightened to live wonder-stricken.” Maria Popova, Brain Pickings “The tales feel like half-remembered dreams, peopled with fairytale characters and magnificent creatures.” – Rebecca Armstrong, i Paper Best Books of 2020

Jackie Morris is an author and illustrator. She studied illustration at Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy and has written and illustrated more than fifteen books. The Lost Words, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane, won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019 and Morris was nominated again for The Unwinding in 2021. She lives in Pembrokeshire.