 Mr. Barleycorn finds what looks like a giant artichoke under a railroad trestle near his remote Australian farmhouse and comes home with a bright green baby. His wife is wary, but Barleycorn takes it in, nurtures it, and it becomes part of its natural world until fall when it disappears. Melons twine through the kitchen, apples grow in the living room, and grass sprouts from the phone. Nature runs wild – the greenling is nature’s bounty personified. A haunting final double-page spread shows wind turbines instead of power lines and grass and flowers growing, but no humans. The intricately detailed, surreal watercolor and gouache paintings include Australian animals and the rhyming text will certainly invite discussion. mjw |
| Title: Greenling Author: Levi Pinfold Illustrator: Levi Pinfold Publisher: Templar Books, and imprint of Candlewick Copyright: 2016 Original Language: English Original Copyright: 2015 ISBN: 978-0-7636-7598-1 Hardcover pages: 40 Age range: 9 up Genre: Picture Book Book setting: Australia Author’s ethnicity: English Author’s residence: Cornwall, England Illustrator’s ethnicity: English Illustrator’s residence: Cornwall, England Awards: Author/illustrator has won 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal Subjects: Ecology, Fable, Fantasy, Fruit, Nature stories, New baby, Science, Vegetables, Vegetation |
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