Explore the wonders of our planet through poetry and art in this stunning picture book from award-winning illustrator William Grill.From the hidden wonders of fossilization, rocks and the water cycle, to awe-inspiring spectacles like volcanoes, thunderstorms and glaciers, discover the magnificent ways the world works in this unique and beautiful approach to earth science. Vivid illustrations by William Grill, the Kate Greenaway medal-winning creator of Shackleton's Journey, and illuminating haikus from Sally M. Walker reveal the extraordinary processes that happen all around us. A book to treasure for art- and science-lovers alike.
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“[in] a series of elegant, resonant haiku, [Sally M Walker] lays out the essentials of earth science, communicating, with inexorable calm, how vulnerable humans remain to changes in their great habitat.”
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781406376494
Publisert
2018-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Studio
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
278 mm
Bredde
235 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Sally M. Walker studied geology and is the author of many non-fiction books, including Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the Sibert Award. She lives in Illinois.

William Grill is the author-illustrator of Shackleton's Journey, a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and winner of a Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in London.