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What the Animals Saw
Louise Greig and Nicola O’Byrne
(Red Shed)
What the Animals Saw
£6.99
While a grizzly bear sees a salmon, the salmon is aware of the bear’s ‘rumbling belly’ and its ‘claws curled to hook‘. Louise Greig imagines and describes pivotal moments of awareness in the animal world in What the Animals Saw. A ‘sudden surge of flashlight‘ alerts the octopus to a diver. What will he do when she reaches out a ‘shy tentacle‘ toward the face behind the mask?
Meanwhile, the baby elephant sees the herd as it ‘weaves through giant pillars of legs; She is aware that he is part of a ‘formidable army‘ of strength.
Alongside the writer’s glorious descriptive text, are Nicola O’Byrne’s painterly images. These elevate the scenes into something upon which we need to linger over, feel and understand. Altogether, What the Animals Saw, is a ‘forever’ picture book to cherish, read alone, and share.
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