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September 2016, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 32 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Summary from Quarto
'For safety is a precious place,
a place to call our own.
This road is hard, this road is long, this road that leads us home.'
a place to call our own.
This road is hard, this road is long, this road that leads us home.'
As winter approaches, a bird flees with
her chick, a mouse builds a nest for her child and rabbits run from
wolves that roam in the darkening woods. The road home is long and hard,
but the animals have each other in this poetic meditation on nature,
survival and love.
Nayu's thoughts
This book fits in with October's National Poetry Day, for it's a rhyming
tale. I liked that a certain part of the story kept being repeated,
this makes it easier for younger readers to remember it and look
forward to those parts. While not my favourite colour palette, I love
how soft the illustrations look, in some ways they remind me of
Japanese paintings with simple and intricate parts to each image.
I
absolutely loved the cute mice who feature in the tale-my heart
melted when they and the bunnies make it home! Other notable scenes
in no particular order include the field with flowers, the thorns,
and the snow falling: all of these have different styles of painting
that aptly suit the nature of the scene. This has the feel of a
bedtime read, as it's gentle and not too bright/noisy in style so
should wind younger readers down for sleep.
See more gorgeous art on Sarah's website.
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