sedonaschiek's review against another edition

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inspiring medium-paced

5.0

mehsi's review against another edition

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5.0

Een absoluut prachtig boek met gedichten over dieren en planten. Ik vond de gedichten erg mooi om te lezen en ik genoot volop van de leuke woordspelingen en tovertruukjes die de schrijver uithaalde. Hij trekt je echt het gedicht in en in het leven van het dier. Ik vond het ook leuk gedaan dat elk eerste woord van een zin een letter was van het dier en dus uiteindelijk de naam van het dier spelde.
Er zijn ook prachtige platen (en die moest ik dus ook even delen op Twitter want man man man wat mooi) die me helemaal in het boek lieten verdrinken.
En de vertaling door Bibi Dumon Tak? Perfect. Ik had al een vermoeden dat zij het heel goed zou kunnen vertalen want zij heeft al wat andere dierenboeken geschreven dus zij is perfect voor dit dierenboek.
AANRADER!

ebazilereads's review against another edition

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4.0

What a beautiful first read of 2022. I grabbed this book on a whim to help a friend who was trying to find a name for a typeface and expected something very different than what I got. This book contained primarily words that I would argue aren't exactly lost - like weasel and dandelion - but was a beautifully illustrated collection of poems about nature. A book I'd definitely read again, although not quite what I expected.

mthereader's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

mardy_bummer's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.0

roserobin's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective

5.0

peterp3's review against another edition

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4.0

Lovely large-format hardback with very good illustrations and evocative poems.

olivecatlady's review against another edition

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3.0

I’d up it to four stars if you listen to the audiobook while reading. It makes the book immersive.

nicktomjoe's review against another edition

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5.0

I’ve praised this rich and imaginative collaboration a lot: this http://nicktomjoe.brookesblogs.net/2017/10/17/yellow-skies-and-red-suns/ was my latest. Five stars.

wandering_recorder's review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

After reading The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane, and hearing that it had prequel of sorts in the form of this book, I decided to give it a go. While definitely enjoyable and whimsical in its writing and structure, it did surprisingly fall a bit short of its successor, through no fault of its own. This could very much be because the author simply got better at his craft, as I could very much see the seeds of the former in the latter in both theme and style. Overall though, reading this was a great experience that gave, via an even mix of poetry and visual art, and appreciation of the wonders of nature that so often go over looked due to their commonality, and yet are miraculous in their own respect.