A beautiful new pillow book, from the Kate Greenaway Award winning author Jackie Morris.
This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover. It is a book for dreamers. Slight of word, rich of image, its purpose is to ease the soul. The paintings between these covers were worked in the between times, an unwinding of the soul, when the pressures of work were too much. Dreams and wishes are the inspiration at times like this.
Threaded through the curious world of The Unwinding are words, slight and lyrical. Their aim is to set the reader's mind adrift from the troubles of our times, into peaceful harbours where imagination can stretch, where quiet reflection can bring peace.
<aside> ❄️ At the close of the day, as the colours grow dim, then dreams can be told, in colour, in gold, made real in the hours between dusk-light and dawn-light.
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Jackie Morris is an author and illustrator. She studied illustration at Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy and has illustrated many books and written some. In 2019 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for the bestselling, critically acclaimed modern classic, The Lost Words, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane. It was also a Sunday Times Bestseller, Winner of The Beautiful Book Award 2017, and Shortlisted For The Wainwright Prize For Nature Writing 2018
Extent: 180 pages
UK Publisher: Unbound (July 2020)
UK Editor: John Mitchinson
Primary Agent: Jessica Woollard
Film/TV Rights: DHA (Clare Israel)
Rights Sold: German - Goldmann Verlag; Romanian - Didactica
Co-agents: Chinese - Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Japanese - Japan Uni
<aside> ❄️ “Jackie's work is far more than just flawless wildlife painting. She captures the soul of her creatures – hares, otters, foxes, bears – revealing their true natures, and allowing us a rare glimpse into a world of magic.” – Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
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The Unwinding Sample Material.pdf
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'Breathtaking . . . Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at' – New Statesman
'Sumptuous . . . A book combining meticulous wordcraft with exquisite illustrations deftly restores language describing the natural world to the children's lexicon...The Lost Words is a beautiful book and an important one' – Observer
'Luminous' – Sunday Times
‘One of the publishing sensations of recent times’– Daily Mail
‘A book in which every page seems like an act of love’ – Herald
'The most beautiful and thought-provoking book I've read this year' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer