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What Did The Tree See? by Charlotte Guillain ill. Sam Usher

February 22, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Feb 2021

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“A wonderful exploration of change over time. Every page creates a discussion and a conversation. A fantastic timeline and tree lifecycle finish it off. What a brilliant book.” Simon Smith, Headteacher

Told in unshowy rhyming couplets, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of an oak tree on a coastal hilltop as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of hundreds of years. From the time when hunters chased deer through the woodland, to when trees were cleared for farmland, to the smog and factories emerging during the industrial revolution. One majestic oak has seen it all, and now we can too.

Accompanying pages at the end of the book include a timeline of events in world history across the periods featured in the poem, the life cycle of an oak tree, and prompts to help parents and children explore their own local history.

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The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story by Maria Popova ill. Ping Zhu

February 2, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

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Based on a real scientific event and inspired by a beloved real human in the author’s life, this is a story about science and the poetry of existence; about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death, evolution and infinity – concepts often too abstract for the human mind to fathom, often more accessible to the young imagination; concepts made fathomable in the concrete, finite life of one tiny, unusual creature dwelling in a pile of compost amid an English garden. Emerging from this singular life is a lyrical universal invitation not to mistake difference for defect and to welcome, across the accordion scales of time and space, diversity as the wellspring of the universe’s beauty and resilience.

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Filed Under: Illustrated, NonFiction Tagged With: chance, evolution, genetics, science, time

Toletis by Rafa Ruiz ill. Elena Hormiga tr. Ben Dawlatty

October 18, 2017 By achuka Leave a Comment

ACHUKA is committed to promoting children’s books in translation. All books in translation added to our listings will also appear in the News section of the blog to maximise exposure.

This is a bestselling Spanish children’s book about nature, friendship imagination and art, now available in a beautifully presented English language translation from Neem Tree Press. 

The trees are disappearing and the adults don’t care. Toletis, his dog Amenophis and friends Claudia and Tutan are on a mission to turn their little valley town, set deep in the mountains, lusciously green again. The odds are stacked against them. Can they succeed …with some very unusual help?

Written with a deep appreciation for nature, art, language, music, friendship, family, the passing of time, old age, loneliness, and the importance of sitting still and reflecting on life.

As the cover says, apt for ages 7 to 107.

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, Fiction Tagged With: environment, nature, Spanish, time, translation

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