Howard Gray – illustratör

Följ med till havets botten och upptäck några av världens mest kända vrak. Här ligger Titanic, Endurance och många, många fler.

Det finns över tre miljoner vrak i världen. De är minnesmärken över förlorade liv, skattkistor konstverk och hem för miljontals havsvarelser. Men framför allt är de tidsdokument som ger oss en inblick i det förflutna. Dyk ned till några av världens mest ikoniska vrak och ta del av spännande historier kantade av äventyr, konflikter och mod.

Ett varierat urval vrak från olika miljöer och tider presenteras: slavskepp, minnande om ond handel, forskningsresande Shackletons fartyg Endurance som maldes ner av de antarktiska isarna i en spännande, strapatsrik berättelse. Titanic och Vasa finns naturligtvis med men även ett fartyg på Svarta havets botten, daterat till 400 f.Kr. Uttjänta fartyg som rensats och sänkts för att bli till konstgjorda rev för fiskar, koraller och andra havslevande varelser redovisas. Några flygplansvrak har också tagits med. Materialet är mångskiftande och ofta berörande och allt är fint avbildat av Howard Grey, som ofta illustrerar djur och natur. Bilder och texter är fint avstämda på uppslagen. Bildernas inneboende dramatik tas väl tillvara, utan effektsökeri. Intrycket är seriöst. Ytterligare fartygsvrak med sin olyckshistorik beskrivs, liksom upptäckterna av vraken, ofta långt senare med förbättrade metoder. Språket i Bo Samuelssons översättning är tydligt och flyter lätt. En genomarbetad och fint illustrerad bok fylld med spännande fakta.

Helhetsbetyg: 5/5.

Tine Billing, BTJ-häftet nr 8, 2025.

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On Westerly the raven's otherwise ink-black tail, one bright white feather stands out. Westerly stands out, too. She isn't like her brother and sistershe's different. Everyone knows it, including the roost's storykeeper, who proclaims that Westerly alone is destined to save her fellow ravens from a terrible fate. Questioning her destiny, isolated from her family, and full of doubt, Westerly takes to the sky, vowing never to return. But when a once-in-a-lifetime volcanic eruption finds her, she has no choice but to flee in the direction of home.

A Raven of the Rainforest is a stand-alone companion to Rosanne Parry's bestselling Voice of the Wilderness novels, A Wolf Called Wander, A Whale of the Wild, A Horse Named Sky, and A Wolf Called Fire. Set in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, A Raven of the Rainforest tells a gripping animal survival story about family, courage, faith, leadership, and hope. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout and impeccably researched, A Raven of the Rainforest is an excellent read-aloud for parents and teachers.

Each Voice of the Wilderness novel contains:

Rosanne Parry's stand-alone Voice of the Wilderness novels include A Wolf Called Wander, A Whale of the Wild, A Horse Named Sky, A Wolf Called Fire, and A Raven of the Rainforest.

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