Most Popular Books by Jackie Morris

The follow-up to the internationally bestselling sensation The Lost Words, The Lost Spells is a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations that evokes the magic of the everyday natural world.

In this enchanting book, Jackie Morris conjures a world where everyone has their own dragon, exploring all their variety through lyrical text and beautifully realised illustrations.

Long, long ago in the icy lands of the far north, a hunter and his wife cared for an orphaned bear-child. But when the child wanders off, there are consequences for both animals and people. Set in the pristine regions of the Arctic, acclaimed author/illustrator Jackie Morrisâ?? captivating illustrations and lyrical text remind us that we are caretakers of wild creatures, and that our actions affect the future.

An 11:59 Experience is when you have come to the end of yourself and all of your natural abilities. It''s a time when nothing and no one can help you. The circumstance can make you feel helpless, hopeless or even desperate. The situation may be physical, financial or even emotional. You are in a dilemma. The only solution is a Miracle which you can''t perform nor anyone else, except God. God created time and put us in it. Our lives are regulated and driven by it. If we call on God during those stressful seasons, will He come through in time, we wonder? Sometimes we feel so over whelmed, that we forget that not only CAN God help us, but that He WANTS to and WILL intervene on your behalf. He has a purpose for every 11:59 experience you encounter. Author Bio: Jacqueline Renee has a heart for those who are hurting and have forgotten or have not yet experienced that God is a present help in times of trouble. Jacqueline uses the stories of familiar Bible Characters as well as her own testimony to awaken the reader''s awareness of their own 11:59 experience. We''ve all had them and God used Jacqueline to write this book to remind us that He truly is the same, yesterday, today and forever.

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak ''This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...'' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world''s most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. ''You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people''s hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. ''You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. ''And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.'' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard

This retelling reviews the whole of Jesus'' life and ministry in order to show it all makes sense in the light of the resurrection. The story begins with God''s creation, and then moves on through the Annunciation, and the Nativity to Jesus'' teaching ministry, the crucifixion and resurrection. Bible references are given so that readers can be led to explore the full story.

A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favorite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as The Cat and the Fiddle in 2011, this edition includes a new introduction by Jackie Morris--a spirited defense of the nursery rhyme, which she fears is in danger of being forgotten in a digital world. The beautiful and detailed watercolor paintings combine with more than 40 rhymes to make this a unique treasury and lifetime possession for children and adults of all ages.

A cat sleeps, curled up in a warm place, and while it sleeps it dreams. . . of being a tiger, flame cat of the forest; a cheetah - fast as the wind on the African plains; a lion, lounging through the heat of the day, tangled in sunshine on the African savannah; a jaguar, perfectly camouflaged deep in the jungle. And the cat dreams of being a lynx, a puma, a snow leopard, a Scottish wild cat, an Asian fishing cat, and the rare Amur leopard. Finally Cat wakes, a domestic cat again, telling his dreams to the child who is stroking him. Ten wild habitats, ten wild cats and one domestic cat are dramatically and beautifully illustrated in this unique celebration of the cat.

A beautiful and evocative tale of belonging, family and identity, woven in the gorgeous artwork and story-telling of award-winning Jackie Morris, now available in a paperback edition. The day the fox came things began to change for Sol. Lost, alone and far away from home, Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks - he too feels lost in the big city. Dad is always busy working and Sol misses the grandparents they have left behind. So Sol decides to take the little fox back home, reuniting his own family in the process.

He had been waiting all his life, hoping to hear the hare''s song.... The boy and his family are special. While others hunt the hares, his family search for leverets orphaned by the hunt and keep them safe. But this isn''t why they are special. It is because they hold the secret of the song of the golden hare. When the hares begin to move across the land the boy and his sister know that their greatest challenge has begun. They must follow and watch and wait until the time comes for the old queen to leave and her child to reign in her place. But others are searching for the golden queen of the hares, a hunter with two hounds, one silver, one black. Can two children, on their own, keep the golden queen safe from the man and his hounds?

Longlisted for the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal''A quiet masterpiece . . . a love story, a hope story, a story out of time, out of stricture, out of the narrow artificial bounds by which we try to contain the wild wonderland of reality because we are too frightened to live wonder-stricken'' Maria Popova, Brain Pickings''The tales feel like half-remembered dreams, peopled with fairytale characters and magnificent creatures'' Rebecca Armstrong, i Paper Best Books of 2020''A powerful spell book to make the sleepless fall into slumber and the agitated calm'' i Paper''A lyrical and enchanting collection'' ScotsmanThis book is not meant to be read from cover to cover. It is a book for dreamers. Slight of word, rich of image, its purpose is to ease the soul.The paintings between these covers were worked in the between times, an unwinding of the soul, when the pressures of work were too much. Dreams and wishes are the inspiration at times like this. Threaded through the curious world of The Unwinding are words, slight and lyrical. Their aim is to set the reader''s mind adrift from the troubles of our times, into peaceful harbours where imagination can stretch, where quiet reflection can bring peace.The Unwinding is designed to be a companion, a talisman to be turned to again and again and a place of respite from an increasingly frantic and complex world.

From the bestselling, prize-winning authors of beloved cult phenomena The Lost Words and The Lost Spells ''Breathtaking and 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 Discover and share the wonders of the wild world as seen in The Lost Words and The Lost Spells... 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. 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.

Where the water churns with salmon, thick and rich with leaping fishes, there the brown bear stands and catches the wild king of the river. With stunning watercolour paintings, this lyrical picture book describes eight bears from all over the world, all shown in their wild habitats: Black Bear, Polar Bear, Sloth Bear, Spectacle Bear, Sunbear, Panda, Moonbear, Brown Bear. But which is the best bear of all? Your own teddy bear of course!

This book is a companion to The Unwinding. It contains within images that tell stories, but it reads like a silent film. Each of the images is an invitation to dream.The tales of this silent edition are not pinned to the page by words. Each dreamer will find their own path, perhaps a new one each time they return.The illustrations are intended to inspire: there is space to draw and write, to paint dreams and stories, thoughts and verse, in new worlds, wherever your pen may guide you.

A Welsh fisherman named Ewan falls in love with a selkie--half-woman, half-seal--who spends many years with him and their two children, Ffion and Morlo, before returning to her own people below the waves.

In eight retellings, Mary Hoffman shows how Jesus used simple parables to convey essential truths to his listeners. The parables include The Lost Sheep, The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, and The House on the Rock.

In a faraway forest a baby is lost and found, protected by a she-panda. Nine years later another baby, the panda''s child, is in great danger, and only a boy and the spirit of the forest can save him.

A richly illustrated book about all kinds of bears. Includes an illustrated two-page section at the back of the book that presents facts about bears.

"At last all were gathered inside the ark. It heaved with animals, large and small. Mrs Noah wore a brand-new coat, with a hood and a cape - and very deep pockets. Lots of pockets."When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.

★入圍2021年凱特格林威（Kate Greenaway）大獎決選名單。圖像與想像力皆豐富的枕邊書，英國得獎插畫家潔琪‧莫理斯用心之作，鼓勵夢與創意。 ★這本圖文創作，部分發想自日本安平時代女作家青少納言的作品《枕草子》，以探索夢與現實邊境的詩文構成，字裡行間暗示人與自然界動植物的奇特相遇。 寫給做夢之人 開卷展夢，讓靈魂鬆弛， 被大自然的愛圍繞。 ────────跨越夢境與現實界限、向自然致敬的枕頭書─────── 獲獎作家、畫家潔琪‧莫理斯，繼二○二○年與羅伯特‧麥克法倫（Robert MacFarlane）合作的《失落的咒語》（The Lost Spells），推出這本寫給做夢之人的作品。結合豐茂的圖像與新穎的故事敘述，引領讀者走進夢的國度，不一定要從頭依序讀到尾，隨意翻閱的寥寥數語，即可撫慰靈魂。 封面至封底間所有的圖畫，都創作於過渡時刻──在夢與醒之間，在靈魂鬆弛解憂之際，在工作壓力太大的時候。半是故事，半是童話，潔琪‧莫理斯創造了一冊魔幻、迷人的小書，可以擱在床邊桌上，當作禮物送給老少也都合適。交織在《解憂夢境書》奇幻迷人世界裡的文字，引領讀者放飛心緒，拋卻煩惱，走入祥和的避風港，想像力在此可以恣意伸展，安靜的思索能帶來平靜。 《解憂夢境書》盼望成為你的夥伴，像一枚能重複求助的護身符、一個短暫喘息的空間，暫時遠離日益狂亂而複雜的世界。夢與願望是這種時刻的動力。 ◆名人推薦 小球（莊鵑瑛） 聲音療癒師、占星師、花精療癒師 米力 視覺設計師 有隻兔子 圖文創作者 思逸Seer 荒人巫思手抄格主 盈青 插畫家 狼焉 故事作家 吳子霏 新生代演員 Soupy Tang 插畫家 溫如生 作家 簡嫚書 演員、樹沐家庭陪育協會理事長 ◆本書特色 ‧可隨時翻閱，逃進想像的世界裡：這本繪本不用從頭讀到尾，沒有線性的敘事。在睡前、心情煩亂時，隨意翻到一段，就能進入文字及圖像描寫的與世隔絕的情境。 ‧用圖像療癒、抒壓：沒有負擔、直覺地抒解情緒壓力。作者在一開頭便說，這本繪本是為了撫慰心靈，沒有故事需要特別去理解。打開它，即可開展一段內在療癒的旅程。 ‧寫給需要睡前療癒或享受安靜時刻的讀者：最初作者為了揮灑創意、安撫自身焦躁與憂慮，創作了多幅繪畫作品，主題與角色隨作品的累積逐漸成形，包括白熊、女祭司、女神、狐狸和其他溫馴的生物。搭配具想像空間的文字，可為讀者帶來安穩、深沉的睡眠。 ‧想像力的延展性強，具感染力，適合不同年齡的讀者：這本解憂之書，沒有宏大的主旨。清淡卻富含意趣的詩意段落，或預測、或暗示書中人物、動物的過去與未來，為日復一日的庸碌生活平添神奇獨特的閱讀經驗。 ‧向自然致敬的靜謐圖文：我們常常忘掉，人來自自然，也處於自然。自然界的動、植物本來就和人類有著直接的連結，也極易打動被生活框架住的僵固心靈。悠遠靜態的圖像中，彷彿可窺見一股牽動內在渴望的回歸力量。 ‧喜歡動植物、童話及自然的讀者也能獲得陪伴：書中頁面各角落描繪的動、植物充滿靈性與細節，可以感受到創作者對動物的喜愛，讀者也能藉此與自然重新連結。 ◆各界佳評 療癒解憂的夢幻之作，每個夢境都具有深度而且治癒的意涵，美麗而溫暖的作品。 ──思逸Seer，荒人巫思手抄格主 你有沒有做過無比絢麗的夢？夢醒時分，想描繪出它的壯闊與斑斕卻苦無方法。本書作者是妙手丹青，也更像一位魔法師，用細膩的筆觸將我們的夢境印到了紙上。 ──狼焉，故事作家 仰望星辰，俯瞰大地，任憑萬物追趕也不足影響你。你是夢的船長，航向名為來的遠方。 ──小球（莊鵑瑛），聲音療癒師、占星師、花精療癒師 沉靜的傑作……關於愛、關於希望、關於時間的故事，跳脫框架，跳脫狹隘膚淺的界線。我們想用狹隘的界線去囿限存在於現實之中的狂野奇境，只因為我們太害怕生活被白日夢侵擾。 ──瑪麗亞‧波波娃，Brain Pickings部落格 書中的故事就像那些記得一半的夢，滿是童話人物與綺麗生物。 ──蕾貝卡‧阿姆斯壯，i Paper評選2020年好書獎

Narración inspirada en una leyenda inuit: -Hace muchos y muchos años los animales vivían en armonía con la tierra. Un pequeño oso polar es robado de su madre. Un cazador y su mujer encuentran al pequeño oso y lo cuidan lo envuelven en pieles de foca y le cantan canciones del hielo de los grandes osos blancos ... Ubicado a las prístinas regiones polares las increíbles ilustraciones del oso blanco de Jakie Morris nos recuerdan que somos cuidadores de estas bellas criaturas salvajes y que nuestros actos afectan directamente a su futuro.

Die junge Eepersip möchte nicht in einem Haus mit Türen, Fenstern und einem Dach leben. Ihr Herz verlangt nach dem Duft von Erde, nach dem Wind, der durch Baumkronen bläst, nach dem beständigen Summen und Brummen von Insekten. Sie läuft davon, um in der Wildnis zu leben – zuerst auf einer Waldwiese, dann am Meer, und schließlich in den Bergen. Ihre Eltern sind zutiefst betrübt. Sie folgen ihr, bringen sie zurück in die vermeintliche Sicherheit und sperren sie in der erdrückenden Stille des Hauses ein. Doch Eepersip lässt sich nicht aufhalten: Sie entkommt ein zweites Mal und folgt ihrem wilden Herzen nach draußen, ganz weit weg.

Ambientada en las impresionantes Himalayas, esta fabula moderna les presenta a los ninos la onza, un animal en peligro de extincion, y describe una cultura tibetana amenazada por influencias exteriores buscando solo la ganancia monetaria. El tono de esperanza de la historia sugiere que todavia hay tiempo de salvar algunas de las areas pristinas del mundo que se estan desgastando por los seres humanos.

"Mon dragon se nourrit / de fleurs aux parfums sucrés. / Quand il rit, leurs pétales s''envolent / en bouquets légers" (p. [5]). Princesses en mal d''amour, fillettes rêvant de quelqu''un pour les protéger de l''immensité d''une métropole, princes tout droits issus des contes des Mille et une nuits arpentant le ciel dans une envolée onirique et sirènes rêvant d''un compagnon pour égayer leurs courses dans les vagues sont au nombre des dix protagonistes qui prennent la parole pour dresser un portrait poétique de leur dragon favori. Une double page "documentaire" levant le voile sur quelques moeurs des créatures évoquées au fil de l''album clôt l''ensemble.