The Flower by John Light ,Illustrated by Lisa Evans
RM22 / RM72
Hardback/ 32pgs/
10” x 11” x 0.25”/Age 5 and up
Brigg lives
in a small, grey room in a large, grey concrete jungle . When he finds a book
in the library labeled ‘Do Not Read’, he cannot resist taking it home. In it,
he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles
instead on a packet of seeds. This sets off a chain of events which bring
about unexpected results, continuing to grow and bloom even after we have
turned the last page. John Light’s increasingly optimistic vision is hauntingly
captured by Lisa Evans’s beautiful and whimsical illustrations .
In 2008 Lisa Evans was
chosen as one of the Best New Illustrators in the UK.
Additional info :
Marya Jansen-Gruber Through The Looking
Glass Children's Book Review 01-04-2011
In this evocative picture book, John Light takes us to a
world where there are no flowers or green things. Everything is grey and grim
and ugly. Brigg's discovery that flowers once existed, and his subsequent
adventure is full of hope. Readers will have a wonderful time imagining what happens
next in the story. The
marriage of the text and the art in this book is perfect, and readers of
all ages will moved by the powerful images that they see, and the
thought-provoking ideas that the book explores. -
