Un chat s'endort et rêve qu'il est à la fois grand chat flamboyant de la jungle, chat élancé aux yeux perçants des plaines d'Afrique, chat couleur de neige, seigneur des hautes montagnes... Tour à tour, tigre, jaguar, guépard, panthère, lynx, lion et léopard surgissent dans son rêve, et nous emportent dans le monde mystérieux des félins.

Une petite fille et une panthère blanche sont liées par un chant magique et secret. Lorsque des soldats attaquent le village, la panthère protège l'enfant et les habitants. La petite fille, plus tard, se transformera elle aussi en panthère pour veiller sur les siens.

Dans sa tanière, l'ourse des neiges dort avec ses deux petits. Mais Corbeau le rusé vole l'un des oursons qui est finalement recueilli par un chasseur et se transforme en bébé !
Mais les ours le retrouvent et veulent le ramener chez eux.
L'enfant va devoir choisir entre ses deux familles.

En huit récits bien tournés, mary hoffman montre comment jésus s'est servi d'histoires très simples pour exprimer ce que dieu dit de la vérité, de la justice et de l'amour.
Les illustrations aériennes de jackie morris font revivre avec fraîcheur ces paraboles d'il y a 2000 ans pour en faire une excellente introduction aux enseignements de jésus pour les enfants d'aujourd'hui.

From the bestselling, prize-winning authors of beloved cult phenomena The Lost Words and The Lost Spellsbr>br>''Breathtaking and magical. Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at'' New Statesmanbr>br>''Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty'' Observerbr>br>Discover and share the wonders of the wild world as seen in The Lost Words and The Lost Spells...br>br>This collection of 100 postcards features artwork and words from two beloved modern classics, in which Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane celebrate the creatures, trees and plants of nearby nature, from Acorn to Wren, by way of Curlew and Kingfisher, Silver Birch and Snow Hare, Goldfinch and Gorse.br>br>The front of each card bears one of Morris''s Greenaway Medal-winning paintings; on the reverse, you will find an accompanying quotation from one of the spell-poems in the Lost books, as well as an identification of the species shown on the card. The remaining space is left blank for you to fill in these wild cards with pen, pencil or paint - and then send them out into the world to make and renew connections.>
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Dazzlingly beautiful and wonderfully inventive, discover the magical new book from the creators of bestselling, critically acclaimed literary phenomenon, The Lost Words ... Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. As in The Lost Words , these 'spells' take their subjects from relatively commonplace, and yet underappreciated, animals, birds, trees and flowers -- from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw. But they break out of the triptych format of The Lost Words , finding new shapes, new spaces and new voices with which to conjure. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, and inspires protection and action on behalf of the natural world. Above all, it celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy. Praise for The Lost Words : 'Gorgeous to look at and to read. Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian 'Breathtaking, magical... Jackie Morris has created something that you could spend all day looking at' New Statesman 'Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Observer
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