Author(s): Zaro Weil; Junli Song (Illustrator)

Picture | Poetry | Planet Earth

An illustrated anthology of nature poetry featuring 28 poems and published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

In this exquisite, fantastical and eye-popping anthology published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Mother Nature shares dazzling powems, hilarious rhymes, timeless story-poems and heart-warming little plays with us. From rapping fungi and magical seeds to flying wizards and ten quintillion parading bugs, every page bursts with colour, mystery and sheer delight of the natural world.

Review: 'Beautifully written poems that shout out to be read aloud' -- Annie Everall OBE, Director Authors Aloud UK
'This is magical. I have wept, smiled, laughed and remembered' -- Bronnie Mayho, Bookwagon Limited
'A book that should be in every school, inspiring children to engage with the world around them' -- Jane Etheridge, Treasurer, Federation of Children's Book Groups
'Stunning' * The Book Activist *
'A fabulous collection!' * North Somerset Teachers Book Award *
'A lovely anthology that should find its place both in the classroom and home, providing as it does opportunities for quiet contemplation and lively interaction - there are the little plays demanding to be performed' * Books for Keeps Magazine *

Author Biography: Zaro Weil lives in southern France with her husband, her two dogs - Spot Guevara Hero Dog and little Haiku - and a host of birds, insects, badgers, wild boars, crickets, donkeys, goats, hares and loads more. She has been a lot of things; dancer, theatre director, actor, poet, playwright, educator, quilt collector, historian, author and publisher. Zaro's book,Cherry Moon, won the prestigious CLiPPA Award for outstanding children's poetry in 2020.Junli Song studied economics and international development at the University of Chicago and then at the University of Oxford before radically changing course to study for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin. On completion in 2018 she won a fellowship at Spudnik Press, a printmaking collective in her home town of Chicago, and she is currently studying for a Masters in Fine Art.

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An anthology of nature poetry from an award-winning children's poet, featuring 28 poems and published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.