Description
| Product ID: | 9781847806529 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Fire Children |
| Subtitle: | A West African Folk Tale |
| Authors: | Author: Frane Lessac |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Subjects: | Picture storybooks, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 4 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Creation story inspired by a West African tale of how people of all colours were created. The first man and woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire, they''re constantly interrupted by visits from the sky-god, Nyame. As a result, some of the children are pale and underdone, some are left in so long that they come out very dark, and the rest are every shade between. Frané Lessac''s gorgeous gouache paintings, inspired by West African masks and pottery, and Eric Maddern''s vivid text make this one of the most compelling of creation myths for young readers. |
| Imprint Name: | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
| Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-05-07 |