The Snowflake
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- 42,99 zł
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- 42,99 zł
Publisher Description
An enchanting and timeless winter tale from one of today’s most celebrated picture book stars.
From award-winning and bestselling picture book creator Benji Davies, comes a brand-new Christmas classic…
High, high up in the clouds a tiny snowflake is made. Perfectly small, fluffy, crystal and white, it tumbles and bounces inside the cloud. But then she begins to fall…
Exquisitely told and beautifully illustrated, The Snowflake tells the tale of one snowflake and one little girl – both longing for something and looking for their own special place in the world. The Snowflake is an utterly unforgettable and classic picture book from the multi-award winning and internationally bestselling picture-book creator, Benji Davies.
Twice winner of Oscar’s Book Prize
“An author-illustrator destined to be one of this generation’s great talents” – Huffington Post
Reviews
Praise for Benji Davies
“Benji Davies (The Storm Whale and Grandad’s Island) is fast establishing himself as a leading light in children’s picture books” – Huffington Post
“An author-illustrator destined to be one of this generation’s great talents” – Huffington Post
Praise for THE STORM WHALE
“Like the best picture books, “The Storm Whale” has an outsize emotional force that often comes from what the author-illustrator Benji Davies leaves out” – New York Times
Praise for THE STORM WHALE IN WINTER
“Intensely atmospheric, full of biting cold, tender detail and warm light, this is a book to cuddle up with” – The Guardian
Praise for GRANDAD’S ISLAND
“A gently magical story about bidding farewell to a grandparent, Davies’ vibrant palette infuses the story with a hopeful spirit” – Huffington Post
“Benji Davies didn’t invent the melancholy sea story, but he sure knows how to deliver one…’Grandad’s Island’ metaphorically and movingly re-imagines the experience of loss” – Boston Globe
About the author
Benji Davies was born and raised in Peterborough. After studying animation at university he spread his creative wings, working on a variety of illustration and animation projects. His picture books have won numerous awards – the Oscar’s Book Prize in both 2014 and 2020, an AOI World Illustration Prize and the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize. He lives and works in London with his wife.
Claire Foy is an English actress who has appeared to great praise on both stage and screen, including roles in the series ‘Being Human’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Wolf Hall’.
She gained international recognition as the young Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won many awards including a Golden Globe. She also appeared in the Neil Armstrong biopic ‘First Man’, and was nominated for both the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this gentle tale of serendipity, originally published in the U.K., the paths of a child and a newly formed snowflake converge for some holiday sparkle. Noelle, a white girl with dot eyes bundled in a red parka and chunky blue knit cap, dreams of a Christmas tree like the brightly decorated one she and her grandfather, Pappie, and their dog admire in a storefront window on their walk home. Inspired, she transforms a stray branch from the sidewalk into a decorated little tree outside her own window, but it's still missing something. That same winter's night, a tiny, dot-eyed snowflake begins her descent—twisting and tumbling, anxiously seeking the best place to land. Davies's prose has an elegant simplicity ("The snowflake fell over tree-dotted hillsides./ She drifted over valleys and streams./ She hoped she would soon stop falling") as sweeping digital spreads ensure that readers will continue turning the pages of this quietly satisfying narrative. Ages 4–8.
