The Sun in Me: Poems About the Planet - Couverture souple

Judith Nichols

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846861608 ISBN 13 : 9781846861604

Editeur : Barefoot Books Ltd

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Our garden is a place where we can each sit and admire the flowers, trees and watch our visitors, the birds, come and go. Each garden is just a small fraction of the wider garden, our planet. The poetry ranges over desert, jungle, woodland, seas and mountains to the gardens and fields. The fantastic poetry from around the world and the gorgeous illustrations will appeal to children of all ages and their parents.' --The Northern Garden

'Another beautiful book to look at and handle was Judith Nicholls' thought-provoking anthology, The Sun in Me: Poems about the Planet...Working with scratchboard and watercolour, Beth Krommes' exquisite child-friendly illustrations were moving, luscious and in total harmony with the poetry - a winning combination. As well as raising environmental issues and celebrating the natural world, both poet and artist locate word and image within a wide range of cultural settings.' --Books for Keeps

'A wide-ranging poetry collection covers sea, sun, sky, and earth illuminated by stunning illustrations. Nicholls has ranged far in her choice of poets, too, choosing John Updike and Charlotte Zolotow along with Issa and Buson. There's a traditional Albanian riddle and a handful of translations. Most of the poems are quite short and none are longer than a page. The illustrations are gorgeous -Krommes sketches her images on scratchboard, photocopies the result, then fills in the copies with watercolour. The result is a brilliant use of pattern and placement in space along with colour that leaps from the page. The pictures are full of the flora and fauna of the natural world, but almost every scene also has a person, so readers and listeners can see their place in the sun. These poems speak for themselves and their message is clear: we are indeed of the earth.' --Kirkus Reviews

Biographie de l'auteur

Judith Nicholls is one of England's best-known children's poets. She is the writer and compiler of nearly fifty books of poetry and her poems are broadcast regularly on BBC Radio for Schools and can be found in well over 500 anthologies. She has also appeared on poetry programmes for schools television, including 'Three Poets in a Zoo' and 'Words and Pictures.' Judith has taught all age groups and, as a writer-in-education, has taken part in performances and workshops with the pupils and teachers of over 500 schools. Married with three children and six grandchildren, Judith lives in Wiltshire. Beth Krommes lives with her family in Peterborough, New Hampshire. She studied art at Syracuse University, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and St. Martin's School of Art in London. She has been illustrating for more than twenty years and has received numerous awards, including the Golden Kite Award in Illustration from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the ASPCA Henry Bergh Award in Illustration. She has been selected three times for exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Illustrating children's books is her favourite thing to do.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Barefoot Books Ltd
• ISBN 10: 1846861608
• ISBN 13: 9781846861604
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 40
• Illustrateur: Beth Krommes