Firecrackers

When Poems Fall from the Sky, written by Zaro Weil and illustrated by Junli Song, is a fantastical anthology published in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book features a collection of poems, story-poems, raps, rhymes, haiku, and little plays that celebrate nature with imagination, humor, and joy. The exquisitely illustrated pages depict trees, birds, animals, rivers, flowers, mountains, and insects, each sharing their own magical stories. These stories, or 'poems', subtly highlight our hope and collective responsibility as guardians of the earth, marrying science and poetry in an original, inspiring, and intimate celebration. Firecrackers is a hum-dinger of a book; packed full of wonderfully off-the-wall and out-of-this-world poems, little plays, tall tales, raps, fairy tales, haikus and loads more. This page turner is an Aladdin's Cave of magical words and gorgeous drawings just waiting to be discovered. Reading it will not just spark the child's imagination, it will send it soaring. Jo Riddell's wonderful illustrations and her evocative line drawings draw the child in even deeper into that mysterious world where the everyday becomes magical.