The Story Of Millennia The Angel - Hardcover

Andreae, Giles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841216054 ISBN 13: 9781841216058

Publisher: Orchard, 1999

Synopsis

In this book a top author and illustrator have joined forces to create a stunning memento of the Millennium, the story of how it takes the innocence of a young boy to enable the angel Millennia to fly into the future.'

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Review:

A great celebration was planned for the World As the century came to an end. The kings and the queens of each country on Earth Had been waiting for years to attend.

They'd assembled the cleverest people alive, Who had built for Millennial Eve, A beautiful angel to circle the World, As a sign of what man can achieve.

The Story of Millennia the Angel was first conceived for the millennium windows of Selfridges in London, but leading children's artist Michael Forman was inspired to breathe a new life into this most modern of fables, and he teamed up with wordsmith Giles Andreae to create this glorious little book.

The story of an angel, shaped by the world's greatest artists and scientists, designed with a billion computer chips inside her wings so that her movements can be precisely controlled, Millennia is a symbol of all that man can accomplish. But when it is time for her to fly she crashes to the ground, and it takes a small child just a moment to realise that the reason she cannot fly is because she does not have a heart, and he breathes life into her by lending her his own.

A breathtakingly simple, yet incredibly moving story which perfectly sums up the mood as the end of the millennium approaches, The Story of Millennia the Angel is a touching, beautifully illustrated, pocket-sized book that would make a perfect gift for anyone with a heart, no matter how young or old. (Age 6 and over) --Susan Harrison

About the Author:

Giles Andreae is the author of many top selling award-winning picture books. For Orchard, these include Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean, and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top selling living poet and an icon of contemporary popular culture. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four young children by the river in Oxfordshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1841216054
• ISBN 13: 9781841216058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24