Glorious artwork combines with lyrical poetry in this Christmas-themed celebration of storytelling
See InsideSet in a sleepy town on Christmas Eve, the story begins with a conversation between a girl and her toy robot, who wants to know what's inside a human heart. Describing it as a series of rooms filled with storybooks, the girl sets about building the robot a heart of its own by telling stories about the quiet little town she calls home.
With rich vocabulary and a rhythmical structure, this tender story has a powerful message that will warm the hearts of readers all year round.
'Holiday magic via a surrealist lens in this love-extolling picture book... Naif-style mixed-media art has a dreamy quality that mirrors Hoskins’s verse, making for an inventive read'
Publishers Weekly
'The poetic text is perfectly matched with delicate, naïve sketches brightened with pops of amber and red… Like the heart, the images pulse in a rhythm that expands to embrace the outside and contracts again to focus on the girl and her loving home… This book’s heart soars far beyond its yuletide setting'
Kirkus Reviews
Format: Quarterbound (no jacket)
Size: 27.0 x 20.5 cm
Extent: 48 pp
Illustrations: 48
Publication date: 24 October 2024
ISBN: 9780500652893