Pond

Nicola Davies

Description

The Pond is a touching picture book about a young boy, and his family, overcoming the loss of his father. This colourful, emotional book is filled with natural imagery, and will teach children not only about death and loss, but the importance of the natural world. From Nicola Davies and Cathy Fisher, the duo behind the beautiful children's book Perfect.The Pond has been chosen as one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017 and has been nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018.'A touching picture book about a young boy overcoming the loss of his father. This colourful, emotional book is filled with natural imagery, drawn by Cathy Fisher, and will teach children not only about death and loss, but the importance of the natural world.' Wales Arts Review, Best of 2017, Welsh Books for Young People'Dad plans a pond in the backyard and speaks of all the wonderful things that it will hold. But it is a promise left unfulfilled. When Dad dies, the uncompleted pond becomes a large part of the family's grieving. [...] Davies avoids sentimentality and pity in expressing the young narrator's raw and painful emotions, as the survivors experience all the stages of grief, separately and together. Fisher's dark-toned illustrations place the family deeply in shadow, encased in their pain. Only the pond has a degree of light, growing a bit stronger as time passes. The family emerges from the shadows emotionally, and finally, the image is bathed in misty light as they leave. Dad is white, and Mum appears to be Asian. Heart-wrenching, powerful, and beautifully realized.' - Kirkus Reviews, 15 August 2017 edition

Informations

• Publié par: Graffeg
• Date de parution: 20 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781912050161
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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The Pond is a touching picture book about a young boy, and his family, overcoming the loss of his father. This colourful, emotional, powerful book is filled with natural imagery; engaging with the difficult themes of death and loss but also with life, love and the importance of the natural world.
Written by award-winning author Nicola Davies and illustrated by Cathy Fisher, the duo behind the beautiful children’s book Perfect .
‘A magical story about love and loss, and how opening our eyes to the wonders of the natural world can help to bring us together and heal the most broken of hearts.’ Gill Lewis, Children’s Author
‘This book pulls at the heart, delights the eye. The pond itself glows like a jewel, Nicola Davies writes with a poetic beauty and Cathy Fisher shows a wonderful understanding of working text and pictures together to tell a tale.’ Jackie Morris, Author and Illustrator



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The Pond. Published in Great Britain in 2017 by Graffeg Limited
Written by Nicola Davies copyright © 2017. Illustrated by Cathy Fisher copyright © 2017. Designed and produced by Graffeg Limited copyright © 2017
Graffeg Limited, 24 Stradey Park Business Centre, Mwrwg Road, Llangennech, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA14 8YP Wales UK Tel [phone] www.graffeg.com
Nicola Davies is hereby identified as the author of this work in accordance with section 77 of the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
A CIP Catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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ISBN 9781912050161
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For my dear friend Valerie.
Cathy Fisher
For Eva John with love.
Nicola Davies