Jackie Morris
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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...
4) The ice bear
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A bear-child is found by a hunter and his wife who care for him for seven years but, after the child wanders off, the hunter finds the child with his bear mother and the child must decide if he will go with the hunter or stay with his mother.
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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.
7) I am Cat
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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.
10) Queen of the sky
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The story of Ffion Rees who rescued a peregrine falcon from the sea off the Pembrokeshire coast and back to health. It's the story of the bond which grew between a wild creature and its would be savior. International best-selling author and illustrator Jackie Morris describes the risks, the triumphs and above all the trust which developed between the pair and which formed the basis of the falcon's path to survival. The story is illustrated with Jackie's...
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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...
12) The lost spells
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"Since its publication in 2017, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now, The Lost Spells, a book kindred in spirit and tone, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults. 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...
17) The snow whale
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The day after a big snow, Laurie and Leo build a beautiful snow whale, high as a house, round as a cloud, white as an ice floe.