Night Creatures: Firefly – A Guardian Book of the Year

• Utgivningsdatum: 2025-10-23
• Mått: 256 x 15 x 185 mm
• Vikt: 146 g
• Ålder: 3-6
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Läsålder: 3-6
• Serie: Night Creatures
• Antal sidor: 32
• Förlag: Magic Cat Publishing
• Illustratör: Luke Adam Hawker
• ISBN: 9781917044523
• Utmärkelser: Winner of A Guardian Book of the Year 2025 (UK)

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Robert Macfarlane is internationally known for his writing on nature, people and place. His bestselling books include Underland, Landmarks, The Old Ways, The Wild Places, Mountains of the Mind and, most recently, Is A River Alive?. With the artist Jackie Morris he co-created the much-loved books of nature-poetry and art, The Lost Words and The Lost Spells. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, won many prizes around the world and been widely adapted for film, music, theatre, radio and dance. He has also written operas, plays, and films including River and Mountain, both narrated by Willem Dafoe, and collaborated with artists including Olafur Eliasson and Stanley Donwood. As a lyricist and performer, he has written albums and songs with musicians including Cosmo Sheldrake, Julie Fowlis and Johnny Flynn. In 2017, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E.M. Forster Prize for Literature. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.Luke Adam Hawker is an artist with a background in Architecture and Design. Luke commenced his career as a designer before he became a full-time artist in 2015. He has a fascination with drawing on location as well as taking the time to notice the world around him. He primarily uses his art as a means to connect with places and people. In 2021, Luke published his first book titled 'Together' and it quickly became a Sunday Times Best Seller. It has been well-received and over 130,000 copies have been purchased worldwide in eleven different languages.

Captivating . . . A kind of charm to will away spirit-darkening forces, the book offers a balm for winter weariness. - Publishers WeeklyDreamy, awe-inspiring and truly inventive. - The BooksellerReaders of all ages will be inspired to persevere through the winters of their lives, when light is scarce but worth fighting for - Danielle Ballantyne, Foreword Reviews (Starred review)A glowing and magical poetic celebration of hope - KirkusA quiet, glowing tale - i PaperHawker's densely textured images blaze even in black and white, as Macfarlane's stirring verse guides the reader on a metaphorical journey through winter darkness to a dream field illuminated by fireflies, and onwards through supernovae in a blinding resurgence of light and hope - The GuardianAstonishingly beautiful . . . A lyrical, life-affirming gem to treasure - CountryfileStunning - A Waterstones best picture book of the year 2025

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