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The Journey Home

The Journey Home

10th Anniversary Edition

by Frann Preston-Gannon
Hardback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 08/04/2022

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The ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. Join him on his adventures across the seas and discover the many friends he meets along the way in this beautifully illustrated environmental fable.

"A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation" The Guardian

The ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. Join him on his adventures across the seas and discover the many friends he meets along the way.

The 10th anniversary special edition of this beautifully illustrated story has a powerful message of conservation and is full of things for parents and children to talk about. It also includes bonus content and activities.

Frann Preston-Gannon was the UK's first recipient of a Sendak Fellowship and spent a month living with the great Maurice Sendak himself at his home in Connecticut, USA. She worked on The Journey Home during her stay. The book was shortlisted for both the Waterstones Children's Prize and the Cambridgeshire 'Read it Again' Book Prize and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway medal. In 2015 The Journey Home was reimagined as a play by the London based puppet theatre, Little Angels.

ISBN:
9781843655169
9781843655169
Category:
Picture books
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
08-04-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pavilion Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
10th Edition
Dimensions (mm):
274x274x14mm
Weight:
0.54kg
Frann Preston-Gannon

Frann's first picture book, The Journey Home, was published in 2012 and was shortlisted for both the Waterstones Children's Prize and the Cambridgeshire 'Read it Again' book Prize.

In 2011 she became the first UK recipient of the 'Sendak Fellowship' and spent a month living with and learning from, Maurice Sendak.

She is one fifth of the design group Zombie Collective who specialise in workshops and pop-up galleries. They have worked with clients such as the Tate Britain, the House of Illustration, the Design Museum, the British Library and UCL Hospital, creating workshops for both adults and children.

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