Jackie Morris
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Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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Kate Greenaway Medal nominee Jackie Morris presents in stunning pictures a range of dragons, describing many different varieties of the beast, and why their owners find them so entrancing.
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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A guardian spirit in the form of a snow leopard looks over a small village in the Himalayas, and chooses a human successor, whom she trains to sing songs that will protect the villagers from soldiers who search for gold and slaves.
3) I am cat
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 31 cm.
Description
A house cat dreams he roams the world as various large cat species, including tigers in the jungle, cheetahs on the African plains, snow leopards in the mountains, and lions along the savannah.
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Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
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"At last all were gathered inside the ark. It heaved with animals, large and small. Mrs Noah wore a brand-new coat, with a hood and a cape - and very deep pockets. Lots of pockets." When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
173 page : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
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This is a very beautiful and lyrical extended version of the fairy tale 'The Wild Swans' by Hans Christian Andersen in which eleven brothers, turned into wild swans by an evil stepmother, are saved by the sacrifices of their beautiful sister, Elise. Includes strong characterization of the heroine and also with more rounded characterisation of the wicked stepmother than in the original version, and with delicate watercolor paintings throughout.--Worldcat....
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This book is a companion to The Unwinding. It contains within images that tell stories, but it reads like a silent film. Each of the images is an invitation to dream.
The tales of this silent edition are not pinned to the page by words. Each dreamer will find their own path, perhaps a new one each time they return.
The illustrations are intended to inspire: there is space to draw and write, to paint dreams and stories, thoughts and verse, in new...
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"The Lost Spells evokes the wonder of everyday nature, conjuring up red foxes, birch trees, jackdaws, and more in poems and illustrations that flow between the pages and into readers' minds. Robert Macfarlane's spell-poems and Jackie Morris's watercolourillustrations are musical and magical: these are summoning spells, words of recollection, charms of protection. To read The Lost Spells is to see anew the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded...
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"All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world--dandelion, otter, bramble and acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer...
14) The Lost Sounds
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Woodland, moorland, sea ... Great Britain is home to vast array of beautiful natural settings, each with its own unique sounds.
Woodland, moorland, sea ... Great Britain is home to vast array of beautiful natural settings, each with its own unique sounds.
The award-winning audiobook for The Lost Words and its sister, The Lost Spells, showcased the immersive power of a natural soundscape. Compiled by renowned wildlife recordist Chris Watson, these...