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Isabelle Simler; Trans. Vineet Lal

ISBN 10: 0711287090 / ISBN 13: 9780711287099

Published by Wide Eyed, 2023

About this Item

Pairing lyrical descriptions with intricate artworks full of movement and texture, Isabelle Simler presents a poetic journey through 27 animal homes across the world, taking in examples including Australian cathedral termites residing in self-built 'clay skyscrapers'; Alpine marmots, who sleep tucked up in underground refuges; and Mexican elf owls nesting in cacti cavities. Age 6+.

Seller Inventory # 542505

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home
• Publisher: Wide Eyed
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711287090
• ISBN 13: 9780711287099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

From the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's book, comes a beautiful meditation on what makes a home.

Each creature featured in this beautiful collection shows a unique way that they build their home, and poetic text accompanies each, making this both a narrative, non-fiction treasury and a poetic reflection on what nature can teach us. Discover how a beaver builds a safe dam for it's family and how a tailor bird forages for grasses and animal hairs to use as threads, to sew a truly tailor-made nest. In this book, children and parents alike will discover in vivid colour and poetry, all the wild ways there are to build a home. 

 

About the Authors

ISABELLE SIMLER has written and illustrated over twenty books for children. Sweet Dreamers, My Wild Cat, Plume, and The Blue Hour (all Eerdmans) were all featured in the Society of Illustrators "The Original Art" annual exhibition. Plume was also named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 2017. Isabelle lives in France.

Vineet Lal is a literary translator of books from French to English, including A Perfect Spot and a Head Full of Birds. He studied French at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh. Vineet lives in Scotland. Follow him on Twitter @vineet_uk.