The Star Whale

Forty fantastic poems and paintings from an internationally acclaimed duo, celebrating our beautiful planet

Forty fantastic poems and paintings from an internationally acclaimed duo, celebrating our beautiful planet.Discover a pangolin at dusk, fly on the bat’ s back, visit a lion and hear about his plight; try the moth alphabet tongue-twister, meet fighting Tazzies on a night out in Tasmania or dream about the five-legged dog and three-legged cat! Then find out about real, huge Titanosaurus and amazing Coelacanths. You might spot a kingfisher, that ‘ small glint of wonder’ , and see how ‘ wild reclaims the world’ in the urban night-time.These beautiful poems are perfectly melded with Petr Horá cek’ s gorgeous, glowing paintings and the combination is extraordinary – passionate, playful, thoughtful and exciting. Like the goldfinch in the final poem, this wonderful book will ‘ set the heart free and flying’ .