Idris is a child refugee, born into a world of tents and fences. He has known no other life than this. He has no memories of the world outside.Then the Wisp arrives, floating in on the evening breeze. Everyone who holds it finds their memories reawakened, their hopes of freedom reborn. But what about Idris, who has no memories? What will happen when he holds the magical Wisp? Storytelling and imagination have the power to offer hope in this extraordinary picture book from the Amnesty CILIP Honour-winning author of The Bone Sparrow , Zana Fraillon, and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator Grahame Baker Smith.
Grahame Baker Smith Books
Grahame Baker-Smith is a self-taught illustrator whose work is deeply influenced by his personal experiences of fatherhood. His art often explores the complex relationships between parents and children, capturing the profound emotional resonance of these connections. Baker-Smith's distinctive style and his ability to evoke deep feeling mark him as a significant literary voice.
The Rhythm of the Rain
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
A breathtaking non-fiction picture book about the water cycle.
A spellbinding journey through the evolution of planet Earth by Greenaway award-winner Grahame Baker-Smith.
Homer's "Iliad" tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles' withdrawal from the fighting and his return to kill the Trojan hero, Hector. The tragic events are interwoven with moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle.
Homer's epic tells of the adventures of Odysseus, the mythological King of Ithaca and leader of the Trojan war, recounting the hero's wanderings and his eventual regaining of his kingdom.
A story about the extraordinary path of the wind in its many guises across the world, as witnessed by a migrating swift.Cassi watches a little swift dive and swoop in the still air. In the rising sun the world seems to be holding its breath. Then a small breeze stirs the leaves in the trees, and as the wind grows bolder, a whiff of danger sends small creatures running for cover. Across the ocean, the wind awakes with a fury, whipping the waves and cresting each one with wild white horses. And further on, around the still eye of a hurricane, clouds are carved into a great spiral, howling with stormy power. All this is witnessed by the swift as it finally comes to nest on the other side of the world, where the great wind has abated. Follow the amazing path of a swift in Kate Greenaway Award–winning illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith's follow-up to The Rhythm of the Rain.