
Leave with Me
Madeleine Gale(Author)
Jack Terry(Co-Author)
Matador (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
24 pages
978-1-78901-379-5 (ISBN)
Description
Leave with Me is a timeless but simple tale for young children.
Set in the warmth and innocence of the English countryside.
Beautifully illustrated throughout by James Weston Lewis.
Leave with Me is a children's story about leaving the safety of home and discovering the great world outside. Meet a Leaf named Lila, her family of leaves, and her worldly-wise friend Swithin the Swift, who encourages Lila to turn her fear of the unknown into confidence and excitement about the future.
In their first collaboration, Jack Terry's tender adaptation of 9-year-old Madeleine Gale's gentle parable about growing up, bathes in a modern tableaux of beautifully illustrated nature scenes, hand-drawn by emerging art talent James Weston Lewis.
This book seeks to reunite readers with the beauty, mystery and possibility of the great English rural tradition, and will be a pleasure for picture-book lovers of all ages.
Set in the warmth and innocence of the English countryside.
Beautifully illustrated throughout by James Weston Lewis.
Leave with Me is a children's story about leaving the safety of home and discovering the great world outside. Meet a Leaf named Lila, her family of leaves, and her worldly-wise friend Swithin the Swift, who encourages Lila to turn her fear of the unknown into confidence and excitement about the future.
In their first collaboration, Jack Terry's tender adaptation of 9-year-old Madeleine Gale's gentle parable about growing up, bathes in a modern tableaux of beautifully illustrated nature scenes, hand-drawn by emerging art talent James Weston Lewis.
This book seeks to reunite readers with the beauty, mystery and possibility of the great English rural tradition, and will be a pleasure for picture-book lovers of all ages.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Troubador Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78901-379-5 (9781789013795)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Madeleine Gale was nine year's old when she wrote Leave With Me. Jack Terry trained as a French teacher, and helped to make her story come to life. James Weston Lewis works using a combination of traditional techniques and digital media, and takes his inspiration from a wide range of sources, including 1930's printmaking, mid-century children's comics, architecture, horticulture, literature and history.