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Hardback32 pages
Publication date
1st November 2006ISBN
9781846430718Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Flower (Illustrated by Lisa Evans)
John Light
Part of the 'Child's Play Library' Series
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The Lovereading comment:
Lisa Evans has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators Award in 2008. This is a deceptively simple yet haunting story, beautifully and mysteriously illustrated. Its setting is a bleak future metropolis where flowers no longer exist. However, but for the determination of one boy who sets off a chain of events no one would have seen the beauty of flowers again.
Synopsis
The Flower (Illustrated by Lisa Evans) by John LightWhen Brigg discovers a book in the library labelled 'Do Not Read', he cannot resist taking it home. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles instead on a packet of seeds. This sets off a chain of events which bring about unexpected results.
Reviews
“I can’t stop looking at The Flower – it really does remind us that books can work magic!” Wendy Cooling
“A distinctly dystopian eeriness fills its hauntingly mesmerising pages” Carousel
“Lisa Evans’ illustrations have a unique quality which captures brilliantly the poignancy, the bleakness and the final floral optimism of the text.” The School Librarian
“A poignant book, simply written and beautifully illustrated.” Gervase Phinn
About The Author
John Light was born in London in 1943.
For many years he taught chemistry
at the University of London, but is now
a full time writer, artist and publisher.
He likes art, music, science, gardening
and watching the sea.
As well as stories for children, he writes
poetry both for children and for people
who used to be children. He also writes
science fiction novels.
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