The Midnight Fair

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There are beautiful scenes of animals riding in carousels and dodgem cars, eating popcorn and candyfloss and having a great time. Sadly England has virtually no red squirrels left because of the non native grey squirrels that were introduced, they are also threatening our door mice. Lush watercolour, gouache and coloured pencil artwork by Di Giorgio is spectacular not just in its liveliness and beauty but in its remarkable depth and perspective.

The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, Mariachiara Di Giorgio The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, Mariachiara Di Giorgio

There are a few storylines to follow through the panelled illustrations – giving your child the opportunity to practice their storytelling skills.They are anthropomorphic but remain true to their natural selves – even using forest currency of acorns, rocks and berries to pay for the evening. She added: “I’m thrilled that our Yoto Carnegie shortlist showcases how friendship can help young people find the strength to navigate a path through challenging times. The illustrations are beautiful and if his had have had a message that helped animals and the environment it would have been a 5 star read and one I would have wanted to pass on to as many young children as possible. It was one of two wordless picturebooks up for the 2022 Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal, the other being The Wanderer by Peter Van den Ende ( see earlier post on this site). Di Giorgio’s cinematic techniques are evident in her lively watercolour artwork and help to give the book a powerful sense of spectacle.

The Midnight Fair | Penguin Random House Retail The Midnight Fair | Penguin Random House Retail

Poet and activist Dr Yusef Salaam reflects directly on his own experience in Punching the Air, a novel in verse co-written with New York Times-bestselling author Ibi Zoboi. The Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards and Shadowing Scheme are managed by CILIP, the library and information association. The Carnegie medal runs alongside the Yoto Kate Greenaway medal for the best children’s illustrator.Suffused with color and light, the panel illustrations celebrate the inherent humor and joy in deer flying by on chair-swings, a bear winning a stuffed bear, three weasels carrying a soft pretzel, and a badger driving a bumper car. from the minute the book is opened, the stunning illustrations immerse the reader in the fair, offering them the opportunity to experience it like never before… and every journey will be a unique one. With thrills both spectacular and subtle, Midnight Fair will have readers punching their tickets again and again to revel in this fantastic nocturnal world. Yoto’s platform features both award-winning original content and audio that has been licensed or co-created with partners.

The Midnight Fair – Wordless Books

Now there was a small brouhaha involving the ending of this book, so I want to touch on that for a second.Folks that drop their pets into the wild have a habit of essentially ruining the wild for the native species.