The Star Whale - Poems about our beautiful planet

Forty fantastic poems and paintings from an internationally acclaimed duo, celebrating our beautiful planet

Discover a pangolin at dusk, fly on the bat’s back, visit a lion and hear about his plight; try the moth alphabet tongue-twister, meet fighting Tazzies on a night out in Tasmania or dream about the five-legged dog and three-legged cat! Then find out about real, huge Titanosaurus and amazing Coelacanths. You might spot a kingfisher, that ‘small glint of wonder’, and see how ‘wild reclaims
the world’ in the urban night-time.

These beautiful poems are perfectly melded with Petr Horáček’s gorgeous, glowing paintings and the combination is extraordinary – passionate, playful, thoughtful and exciting. Like the goldfinch in the final poem, this wonderful book will ‘set the heart free and flying’.

• Fabulous gift book by two internationally acclaimed stars of the children's book world
• Stunning production values including jacket, silver foil and spot uv on the jacket
• A unique celebration of the natural world in verse and pictures
• Glowing expressive artwork with collage style and textured effects by a celebrated creator of picture books
• Nicola Davies is one of Britain’s most popular nature writers