Night Creatures: Firefly by Robert Macfarlane

Night Creatures: Firefly by Robert Macfarlane

From two of the U.K.'s best-known book makers, Robert Macfarlane and Luke Adam Hawker, comes a stunning picture book to ignite wonder in readers everywhere.

     A Children's Book Council's Kids Favorites Award winner!

In the darkness of December, 
Through the winter's deepest snowing,

When the world is ste ep in camber,
And all hope is downwards-flowing

Then's the time to seek what's glowing...

Written in lyrical verse, this story follows one sun-seeking child who discovers a meadow illuminated by fireflies: "fallen constellations" that dance like stars among the summer grasses, setting fears to flight. Enchanting to read aloud and exquisite to hold in the hand, each scene is rendered in spellbinding detail, showing the power of hope in a world steeped in darkness.

The first in a trilogy, Firefly is sure to appeal to all ages:

• An uplifting and lyrical story of light, hope, and wonder
• With words from beloved and New York Times bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, creator of The Lost Words and The Lost Spells
• Stunning artwork created from original etchings by Luke Adam Hawker, whose debut book Together was a Sunday Times bestseller
• Spectacular gift book, cloth bound with a copper foiled cover
• This accessible story is perfect for children and adults, ages 7 and above

Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Ancient Ways, and Landmarks are four prize-winning works about landscape and the human heart by Robert Macfarlane. Harper's, Granta, The New Yorker, the Observer (London), the Times Literary Supplement (London), and the London Review of Books have all published his work. He is a fellow of Cambridge's Emmanuel College.