Books, Books, Books!
Explore Inside The Greatest Library on Earth
Age 7+
Libraries, Museums, Schools
A fascinating journey through literature from the first hand-made books to Shakespeare, the Bronte sisters and the Brothers Grimm - and including cookery, science and music.
A handmade gospel hidden in a saint’s coffin; a HUGE atlas that takes six people to lift it; a tiny prayer book carried by a queen to her execution; the original handwritten manuscript of Alice in Wonderland; books so rare and valuable they are kept in a bomb-proof store-room. The British Library is an amazing place! From man-eating monsters and brave knights to wicked witches, lost children, haunted moors, magical creatures and flying machines award-winning duo Mick and Brita bring to life the amazing and extraordinary history of the book through the treasures of the largest library in the world – the BRITISH LIBRARY. LET’S GO INSIDE!
Creators
Mick Manning and Brita Granström specialize in lyrical non-fiction picture books. They have written and illustrated over 60 books and have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, the English Association Award and The Royal Society Young People’s Book Award. Their previous books, published internationally and in many languages, include the award-winning Fly on the Wall series, Tail-End Charlie, What Mr Darwin Saw, Charles Dickens: An Extraordinary Life, Nature Adventures, Wild Adventures, The Beatles and William Shakespeare. Mick and Brita live in the Scottish Borders.
Brita Granstrom was born in 1969 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. She is an award winning artist and illustrator who now lives in Great Britain. Brita studied Graphic Design and illustrations at Konstfack, Sweden’s National School of Art and Design. She has won several prizes for he books including the Smarties Book Prize Silver Award for "The Wold’s Full of Babies" and the TES Junior Information Book Award for "What’s Under the Bed?" She is also known for her collaborations with her husband, writer and illustrator Mick Manning. A prolific team, Brita and Mick have produced picture books for young readers as well as nonfiction titles such as the Fly on the Wall Series.
Reviews
This inspiring book introduces the reader to The British Library and to some of the greatest treasures kept there. It’s a fabulous celebration of libraries and their importance. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom are well known for their skill at presenting information and illustration in a way which captures the interest whilst feeding the intellect and Books! Books! Books! is no exception …A fascinating and beautiful book in its own right.
Reading Zone
Excellent descriptive review with illustrations from the book.
Kids in Museums
Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom have managed to distil some of the treasures of he British Library to create an exciting and very readable book that will not only have children poring over it and returning to it, time and time again, but its likely to have them clamouring to their parents and teachers to take them to see the real thing.
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