The Flower
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846430704 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her original stage plays include Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home, Under Exposure, Crime of the Century, The Shadow of Light and Christmas Without Herods. . Lisa Evans writes for theatre, radio and television. She has adapted The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and East Lynne for Birmingham Repertory Theatre's old Stud
John Light's enigmatic story is told with utter simplicity, but resonates long after we finish reading this book. 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. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. Brigg lives in a small, grey room in a large, grey city. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles instead on a packet of seeds. His increasingly optimistic vision is hauntingly captured by Lisa Evans's beautiful and whimsical illustrations.. When he finds a book in the library labelled 'Do Not Read', he cannot resist taking it home
nice this is a story about a boy who lives in a concrete world, then one day he's reading a book and he sees a picture of a flower. he's amazed by the picture and i can't remember if he asks someone about it or he takes it home himself to look at, but he ends up at the tiny pedlar shop where he sees a picture of a f. Story of Hope in a Colorless World - Provocative Illustrations Gerard D. Launay I have always thought that some of the most captivating art is hidden in childrens' books: Jean de Brunhoff's "Babar" or James Thurber's "Fables for Our Time" or Marc Chagalls' "Fables of La Fontaine", Camille Rose Garcia's "The Magic Bottle", or Alice Provensen's "Punch in New York".This book is a quite a trea. Tabby Kat said A Deeper Meaning. I bought this book for my children when they were 6 and A Deeper Meaning Tabby Kat I bought this book for my children when they were 6 and 4. They are now 10 and 8 and this book is still called up for bedtime reading. Most recently, when I read it to my 8 year old, we ended up having a discussion about banned books, and that lead to a brief discussion about fascism.This book is a touching sto. . They are now 10 and 8 and this book is still called up for bedtime reading. Most recently, when I read it to my 8 year old, we ended up having a discussion about banned books, and that lead to a brief discussion about fascism.This book is a touching sto
Sometimes the world can seem a gloomy, grey place. One day he steals a forbidden books from the library where he works and learns about flowers - something he has never seen in the barren metropolis he calls home. 'Brigg lived in a small room in a big city.' begins the story - and so we follow the resigned drudgery of of Brigg's soulless, colourless urban life. But Brigg's delight turns to anguish when the plant is sucked away by the automatic cleaning system in his apartment. With a seemingly simple text,