The Flickering Fires

Yet it is a world with a fiery heart, created from the ashes of dead stars, heat buried deep within... The Flickering Fires takes us on a journey from the first sparks of creation to the harnessing of fire for cooking, protection and warmth.

About the author

Grahame Baker-Smith is a self-taught award-winning illustrator from Oxford who completed his training at Berkshire School of Art. He has worked in illustration for twenty years and in 2011 won the Greenaway Medal for his inspiring tale of fatherhood, FARTHER. He has illustrated numerous other picture books for Templar, including The Rhythm of the Rain which won the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Greenaway shortlisted Leon and the Place Between.

Summary

Yet it is a world with a fiery heart, created from the ashes of dead stars, heat buried deep within... The Flickering Fires takes us on a journey from the first sparks of creation to the harnessing of fire for cooking, protection and warmth.

Foreword

A journey through life's elemental forces by Greenaway award-winner Grahame Baker-Smith.

Product details

• Authors: Grahame Baker-Smith, Baker-Smith Grahame
• Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2024
• EAN: 9781800782235
• ISBN: 978-1-80078-223-5
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 294 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Prehistoric, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Ancient, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world