The Worm and the Bird by Coralie Bickford-Smith is a unique and beautiful experience with a bold message.
The author, Coralie Bickford-Smith is a designer at Penguin Books. Her first book, The Fox and the Star, was named Waterstones Book of the Year and as one of Time Out’s 100 Children’s Books of All Time. Her design work has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times and the Guardian. Her cover design has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in the United States and Design and Art Direction in the UK.
From cover to cover, this book has a simple, perfectly paced and heartfelt story with a message for us all.
Worm lives underground. It’s busy down there, and the poor fella never has time to stop and take in the world around him. It’s all go and, to be frank, his life is passing him by. There’s no living ‘in the moment’ for our soil-dwelling friend.
Above ground, Bird occupies a very different world, in both design and pace. Life is slower, more spacious, and more appreciative of it’s surroundings.
The kids had a lot of questions at the end of the book. It had clearly captured their attention and imagination.
The message is that there are many beautiful moments in life, and you should take the time to seek them out and appreciate them. Don’t let life pass you by! And that’s not a bad message to learn at all.
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I used to have an old volume of Robin Hood from the 1930’s which had lovely colour pictures in!
we have a copy of an early childs bible with beautiful artwork
Alice in wonderland book
winnie the poo
Alice in wonderland book x
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs
I adore the black and white ink illustrations in my childhood copy of The Hobbit – so much that we have a whole separate book of art inspired by Tolkien’s work.
My old childhood version of Peter Pan was so evocative.
Kate Greenaway who was a Victorian children’s illustrator.The Queen of the Pirate Isle has her gorgeous illustrations.
love the artwork in A A Milne’s Winnie the Pooh series xx
winnie the pooh series
Josh Kirby’s illustrations for the Discworld books are amazing.
Love the illustrations in the Winnie the Pooh books
i love the crow on the spade in this but other books which are brilliant are the Beatrix Potter books
Love the illustrations in the brothers Grimm fairytale book I own
Love E. H. Shepards illustrations of Winnie the Pooh
I like Lodger from David Bowie’s book collection.
Beatrix Potter illustrations – loved all the books – still do!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has bold and brilliant illustrations.
A bible my Mam had when she was young. Beautiful artwork.
Absolutely loads! Children’s picture book artwork is always amazing. The earliest I remember loving is, Grandmother Lucy and Her Hats and I still love stuff with a bit of retro vibe to it. This is amazing though, so different.
I love the photo’s of my old book of Tom Thumb
Beatrix potter illustrations
Beatrix Potter
ALICE IN WONDERLAND BOOK
Grimms Fairytales
beatrix potter books have gorgeous artwork
Aesop’s Fables, a beautiful book I loved as a child. I was spell-bound by the stories & adored the pictures.
I adore the artwork in Beatrix Potter books 🙂
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit