Books

** Signed by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane ** 

PRE-ORDER FOR SHIPPING ON PUBLICATION (7 MAY 2026) - limited availability

A great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way –– but we will not save what we do not love.

The Book of Birds is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, all of which are presently declining or endangered in Britain. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.

With lyrical precision and playfulness, Robert Macfarlane evokes each bird’s habits and habitats, and on every page we encounter Jackie Morris’s exhilarating artwork, painted in watercolour and gold and animated by an extraordinary attention to detail and sense of life. 

Spell Songs are delighted to be able to offer a limited number of these rare copies signed by both authors. Please order soon to avoid disappointment. 

Dimensions 251 x 170 x 35 mm

PRE-ORDER FOR SHIPPING ON PUBLICATION (7 MAY 2026)
Please note this is not a signed copy. See above for signed copy availability

A great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50% of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns and springs are quieter each year than the last. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way –– but we will not save what we do not love.

The Book of Birds is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, all of which are presently declining or endangered in Britain. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.

With lyrical precision and playfulness, Robert Macfarlane evokes each bird’s habits and habitats, and on every page we encounter Jackie Morris’s exhilarating artwork, painted in watercolour and gold and animated by an extraordinary attention to detail and sense of life. 

Dimensions 251 x 170 x 35 mm

** Signed by author Jackie Morris and illustrator Tamsin Abbott, with special Limited Edition book jacket ** 

Wild Folk comprises seven richly illustrated fables of transformation and power. Bringing together the words of Jackie Morris and the stained-glass paintings of Tamsin Abbott, these are tales to make you see, listen and most of all feel the wild magic that links stone, tree, fox and star.

Dimensions 165 x 230mm

The second book in the acclaimed ‘Lost’ series by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork. Each 'spell' conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw - celebrating a sense of wonder at nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy.

Dimensions: 185 x 130 x 25 mm approx

Winner of the Beautiful Book Award 2017, The Lost Words is The Sunday Times bestseller by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

It is a joyful celebration - in art and word - of nearby nature and its wonders. This incredible book was the inspiration for Folk by the Oak festival to commission Spell Songs in 2018.

Dimensions 275 x 375mm. 
Large item; a postage supplement of £1 will be added at the checkout.

“Coloured like autumn, her scent was of the wild wood: a dream of a fox…”

“Otter, made from ink, woken by water on stone, swims over paper …”

In a faraway forest a baby is lost and found, protected by a she-panda.

Nine years later another baby, the panda's child, is in great danger, and only a boy and the spirit of the forest can save him.

A beautiful gift book for all ages to treasure, filled with the resonance of a legend and a passion for the wild world, and exploring our most vital connection with nature.

Written by Jackie Morris and illustrated by Cathy Fisher.

Dimensions: 230 x 300 mm approx