The Fire Children - Softcover

Maddern, Eric

4.02

40 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0711208859 ISBN 13: 9780711208858

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 1994

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Two spirit people fall to the earth and bake clay figures to keep them company. This picture book is based on a traditional West African story that explains how people of different colours were created. Eric Maddern has also written "Earth Story" and Frane Lessac has illustrated "My Little Island".

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Review:

‘An uplifting lightness of touch in the story-telling and a luminous intensity of colour in the illustrations.’

(The Guardian)

About the Author:

ERIC MADDERN studied sociology and psychology at Sheffield University, then spent 10 years travelling around the world. He now performs all over the country as a storyteller and folk singer, and he has built a roundhouse in the grounds of his home, where he holds storytelling events. He lives in Gwnyedd, Wales.

Eric's books for Frances Lincoln are Death in a Nut, Nail Soup, Cow on the Roof, Earth Story and Life Story, Fire Children, The King with Horse's Ears, Spirit of the Forest, Rainbow Bird, The King and the Seed and Curious Clownfish.
FRAN� LESSAC is an internationally known American artist who has exhibited her paintings in London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. From film school in California she went on to study Caribbean culture on the island of Monserrat. She has illustrated over 30 books for children. In 2010 she was awarded The Muriel Barwell Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature. Fran� lives in Fremantle, Australia.

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