Mrs Noah sang to the children when they woke in the morning.
She sang as she worked in the garden, growing flowers and growing food.
She sang lullabies at night to help the children sail into sleep
If you want to learn to sing, Mrs Noah tells the children, first you must learn how to listen. Close your eyes, tight shut, and open your ears, wide, wide. At first the children hear only silence, then birds call, bees hum - and they hear the song of the garden. That night, Mr Noah makes a surprise present for the family so that they can all sleep together out in the garden. Then, at dawn there's the best surprise of all - the magical sound of the dawn chorus, led by the phoenix. On a joyful new day, Mrs Noah's birthday, there is birdsong in the garden and a future full of shared song for Mr and Mrs Noah and the children.
Jackie Morris is the bestselling author and illustrator, photographer and painter who created the international bestseller, The Lost Words, winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2019, with Robert Macfarlane. Her books for Otter-Barry Books include One Cheetah, One Cherry, The Seal Children, The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes and, with James Mayhew, Can You See a Little Bear?, Mrs Noah's Pockets and Mrs Noah's Garden. She lives in Pembrokeshire.
James Mayhew is the creator of many bestselling picture books, including Once Upon a Tune: Stories from the Orchestra, published by Otter-Barry Books. He is a winner of The New York Times book illustration award and numerous other prizes. James lives in Suffolk.
Title: Mrs Noah's Song
Author: Jackie,Morris
ISBN: 9781913074425
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Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-06-09
Number of Pages: 40
Weight: 0.2901 kg
Third in the superb Mrs Noah series, in which she brings song back into the world and shows the children how to listen - and sing... Illustrated with stunning collage artwork.
* The Bookseller *
...a tender celebration, set at the beginning of a new world, of listening, gardens, family and birdsong, especially the dawn chorus... The sumptuous illustrations using collage and print make it a thing of beauty.
-- Nicolette Jones * Sunday Times, Recommended Summer Reading *