MICK MANNING and BRITA GRANSTRÖM have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include: The Beatles; Charles Dickens, Scenes from an Extraordinary Life; What Mr Darwin Saw; Tail-End Charlie; Taff in the WAAF; The Secrets of Stonehenge; Woolly Mammoth; and the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship; Pharoah's Egypt; Greek Hero.
MICK MANNING and BRITA GRANSTRÖM have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include: The Beatles, Charles Dickens, Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw, Tail-End Charlie, Taff in the WAAF; The Secrets of Stonehenge, Woolly Mammoth;and the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship, Pharoah's Egypt, Greek Hero.
Selected as a picture book highlight for Autumn 2014 / Spring
2015"A beautifully presented guide to child-led outdoor activities
for all the family. Captures the current trends for forest schools,
outdoor learning and muddy wellies."
"It's an excellent resource for ideas to enliven class nature
trails, and there are plenty of illustrated facts to keep young
nature-lovers browsing through its pages."
"An adventure in the playground of nature for the whole family to
enjoy that will inspire an awareness and love of the natural world
too."
Selected as a picture book highlight for Autumn 2014 / Spring
2015"A beautifully presented guide to child-led outdoor activities
for all the family. Captures the current trends for forest schools,
outdoor learning and muddy wellies.""It's an excellent resource for
ideas to enliven class nature trails, and there are plenty of
illustrated facts to keep young nature-lovers browsing through its
pages.""A lovely ‘how to’ book for the great outdoors. The engaging
illustrations will inspire.""An adventure in the playground of
nature for the whole family to enjoy that will inspire an awareness
and love of the natural world too."
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