The Song of the Tree
  • Published: 6 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241367216
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $36.99

The Song of the Tree

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Paperback
18 May 2021
Hardback
6 Mar 2020
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A vibrant new fable from the award-winning designer and creator of The Fox and the Star

Bird loves the towering tree that grows in the jungle, but when the season changes she must say goodbye until next year.

Then one day Bird wonders: what happens to the tree when she flies away? As she discovers the stories of the other creatures who live in the tree, Bird learns to sing a new song.

Lyrical, heart-warming and beautifully illustrated, this new fable from Coralie Bickford-Smith is a tale about growing up and finding our own way of exploring the world, and a celebration of belonging.
  • Published: 6 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241367216
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $36.99
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About the author

Coralie Bickford-Smith

Coralie Bickford-Smith graduated from Reading University after studying Typography and Graphic Communication and works as a designer at Penguin Books UK. Her book covers have been recognised by the AIGA (NY) and D&AD (UK) and have featured in international magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, Vogue and The Guardian.

Also by Coralie Bickford-Smith

The Squirrel and the Lost Treasure
The Worm and the Bird
The Fox and the Star
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Praise for The Song of the Tree

Another exquisite, clothbound tale from Coralie Bickford-Smith... [her] illustrations are so vivid and patterned, reminiscent of traditional African wax prints, that each page feels alive. The night-time stars and fireflies sparkle, though there's no glitter or foil used, while elsewhere the text swoops bird-like across the page

Observer

Depicts nature at its most majestic and tells a lovely fable about belonging

Financial Times

Never have the woods looked more beautiful than in this exquisite new fable about growing up, exploring the world and understanding where you belong

Angels and Urchins Magazine

Heart-warming . . . a celebration about the world around us and the importance of the natural world at a time when we need it the most

Creative Review

Wonderful, poetically told . . . beautifully designed on the page to match the spirit of the words, tells of the importance of shelter and its power to encourage confidence and tolerance as well as empowering development and independence. The interdependence of the bird and the tree in this story is a beautiful telling of a universal theme

Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading

Magical ... an ode to nature

Best Children's Books of 2020, Observer
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