Lore of the Stars
Folklore and Wisdom from the Skies Above
$35.20
- Hardcover
80 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2023
Summary
Look up at the skies in wonder with this mystically illustrated treasury of folklore from above and beyond.
Did you know that people used to read the future in the flight of birds? That the constellations were thought to be mythological beings set in the sky? And that eclipses were seen as demonic omens? For millennia, humans have looked to the heavens to explain the world around and above them. The myths, folktales and lore that have arisen from these wonderings are as mysterious as …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780711282001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0711282005 |
| Author: | Claire Cock-Starkey, Hannah Bess Ross |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Wide Eyed Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 242mm x 298mm |
| Series: | Nature’s Folklore |
| Audience Age: | 6-12 |
Claire Cock-Starkey
Claire Cock-Starkey is an author who worked with Ben Schott on his hugely successful Miscellanies and Almanacs. She has worked for BBC Radio 4 and written many other miscellanies and fact-filled books on history, libraries, words, books and museums, including: Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins (British Library, 2016), The Book Lovers’ Miscellany (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2017). She is happiest perched in the British Library reading rooms surrounded by a pile of obscure and fascinating books, researching her next book.
Hannah Bess Ross is a Chicago-based illustrator and writer interested in all realms whimsy. She lives in a little house with a blue door and an orange cat but dreams of the woods and the waves of rocky seas far, far away. She likes telling stories and everyday magical things like bugs and stars. She also loves the puppets, folk art and silly word-play. Hannah is the illustrator of A World Full of Nature Stories (Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2022) and Lore of the Stars (Wide Eyed Editions, 2023).
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