Jackie Morris
Author
Series
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
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.
6) I am Cat
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful new picture book in the bestselling Mrs Noah series, in which Mrs Noah brings song back into the world and shows the children how to listen - and sing. Mrs Noah sang to the children when they woke in the morning. She sang as she worked in the garden, growing flowers and growing food. She sang lullabies at night to help the children sail into sleep. "If you want to learn to sing," Mrs Noah tells the children, "first you must learn how to...
Author
Publisher
Tiny Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is a fresh interpretation of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale about twelve princesses who are locked in at night, yet whose dancing shoes are still worn down by morning. A young soldier is tasked to discover their night-time adventures. But unlike the story told by the Brothers Grimm, this soldier seeks a different ending. Jackie's dark and poetic text updates this well-known tale and shows how stories evolve...
10) The ice bear
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
One cherry, one cheetah. Two dogs, two balls, one big, one small. Three bears, three bowls, three silver spoons. With playful words and beautiful animal paintings, this spectacular counting book features numbers up to ten in words and numerals, illustrated in watercolour, with gold and silver leaf, and including elephants, tigers, swans, mice and more.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
From the moment she saw him, she knew the bear had come for her. A girl travels with a polar bear and learns of his secret sadness as they jouney to the homes of the four Winds and to the castle East of the sun, West of the moon.
15) The wild swans
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A new story about the lovable, independent-minded and resourceful Mrs Noah will be widely welcomed. Mrs Noah touched the earth. It was warm on her fingertips. She looked all round the Ark. On the south side the slope was less steep. A few shrubs and bushes had clung on, despite the flood. Two yew trees stood, ancient and tall. Yes, thought Mrs Noah. Here. Mrs Noah, ever-resourceful, ever-surprising, won a host of admirers with Mrs Noah's Pockets (2016)....
17) The lost spells
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
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Language
English
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Description
"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...
