Synopsis
Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why?
A tender and magical modern fairy tale about the bravery of a little girl and the miracle of a snowy day from Maggie O'Farrell, the best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet, brought to life in exquisite black-and-white detail by celebrated artist Júlia Sardà.
Sylvie wakes one night, suddenly, without knowing why. Then she sees the most spectacular sight – a pair of wings, enormous in size, made of the softest snow-white feathers imaginable. An angel in her bedroom … a snow angel. He tells her that he is here to look after her, for Sylvie is not as well as she seems...
- A timeless bedtime story written in Maggie’s characteristically beautiful, and witty, prose.
- Exploring themes of courage, love, hope and the invisible ways children are cared for, Where Snow Angels Go speaks directly to children’s anxieties while offering comfort and reassurance – making it ideal book for families to share together.
- With a beautiful, foiled jacket, and sensational black-and-white illustrations, this is a stunning book to treasure and an ideal gift for any child aged 7+ as well as any fan of Maggie O’Farrell or Júlia Sardà’s work.
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À propos des auteurs
Maggie O'Farrell is an award-winning Irish-British author. Her books for adults have received international acclaim; she has won the 2013 Costa Novel Award for The Hand That First Held Mine, the 2020 Waterstones Book of the Year Award and the 2020 Women's Fiction Prize for Hamnet, and her non-fiction book I Am I Am I Am reached number 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Where Snow Angels Go was her first book for children, and it won the Indie Book of the Month. The Boy Who Lost His Spark, its follow up title, won the the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction. She lives in Edinburgh with her family.
Júlia Sardà is a Spanish artist and the author-illustrator of The Queen in the Cave, as well as the illustrator of Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey, The Liszts by Kyo Maclear, The Wolf's Secret by Nicolas Digard and Myriam Dahman, Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion by Dave Eggers, The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo and a number of classics, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. Júlia Sardà lives in Barcelona. Find her on Instagram as @juliasardaportabella.
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