The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton

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The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton

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The beautiful and thought-provoking new book from the award-winning, internationally best-selling picture creator Joe Todd Stanton - author of The Secret of Black Rock, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

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The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton

When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts to glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before . but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel at home. From the award-winning Joe Todd-Stanton, comes an exquisite and heartfelt picture book touching on the bewildering experience of moving house. This beautiful story explores how this can affect a child's sense of belonging, but also how it can open them up to new and wonderful experiences.
A luminously beautiful picture book, full of bittersweet farewell feelings, about learning to welcome the new* The Guardian *
A breathtakingly intricate picture book with so much to discover on every page. -- Briony May Smith
A beautiful book -- Claire Cavanagh, BBC Radio Bristol
Joe Todd-Stanton is from Brighton and grew up drawing with his mum. He studied Illustration at the University of the West of England, afterwards moving to London where he currently lives. His children's book, The Secret of Black Rock, won the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and since then he has written and illustrated seven books with Flying Eye Books.
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ISBN 13 9781838740658
ISBN 10 1838740651
Title The Comet
Author Joe Todd Stanton
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Flying Eye Books
Year published 2022-03-03
Number of pages 32
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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