the fox and the star by coralie bickford smith

This is me in Sri Lanka, where my head had been living the past couple of years drawing vivid green jungles, wild animals and birds. The Song of the Tree is a stunningly illustrated fable for our times.įinally 2019 has become 2020, which means my third book is on its way!! The Song of the Tree. The night-time stars and fireflies sparkle, though there's no glitter or foil used, while elsewhere the text swoops bird-like across the page. illustrations are so vivid and patterned, reminiscent of traditional African wax prints, that each page feels alive. Never have the woods looked more beautiful than in this exquisite new fable about growing up, exploring the world and understanding where you belong.Īnother exquisite, clothbound tale from Coralie Bickford-Smith. In beautiful woodcut-style images, Coralie Bickford-Smith depicts nature at its most majestic and tells a lovely fable about belonging.Ī heart-warming and exquisitely-illustrated story, for Bickford-Smith The Song of the Tree is a celebration about the world around us and the importance of the natural world at a time when we need it the most. In The Song of the Tree, a bird decides to stay in a tree rather than migrate at the turn of the season.

The interdependence of the bird and the tree in this story is a beautiful telling of a universal theme. Poetically told, the simple text which is beautifully designed on the page to match the spirit of the words, tells of the importance of shelter and its power to encourage confidence and tolerance as well as empowering development and independence. Award-winning author and designer Coralie Bickford-Smith follows up The Fox and the Star with a wonderful new fable celebrating belonging and the importance of understanding those around you.

The fox and the star by coralie bickford smith