Dark Wood of the Golden Birds

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

389 kr

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A Marginalian Editions rediscovery: Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown’s little-known, philosophical children’s book about love and loss, lushly illustrated by Ofra Amit.In 1950, when the love of her life fell gravely ill, Margaret Wise Brown turned to the solace of storytelling, writing a love letter in the form of a children’s book. The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds brings us into a hushed and numinous world, illuminated by Brown’s signature poetic prose.The story begins near the house of an old man who tends to honeybees and asparagus while living on the edge of a magic forest. Behind his home lies the dark wood—a place from which “there is no return”—where golden birds sing through the night and day. When two orphaned children wander onto his farm, he gives them a home and he warns them never to venture past the edge of the wood. But then the old man falls ill, and the boy decides to brave the unknown in search of the song that he believes can heal him. What secret knowledge will he find there?With lush new illustrations by Ofra Amit and a foreword by Maria Popova, this rediscovered work of uncommon beauty and tenderness lights a path through love and loss for readers of all ages.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-12-03
Mått172 x 285 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor64
FörlagMcNally Jackson Books
IllustratörAmit, Ofra
MedarbetarePopova,Maria
ISBN9781961341630

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Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific and beloved author of children’s literature, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child's experience and perspective of the world. Best known for her classics such as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, other perennial favorites by Brown include My World; Christmas in the Barn; The Dead Bird; North, South, East, West; and Good Day, Good Night.Based in Tel Aviv, illustrator Ofra Amit creates visual narratives in response to life events, fictional and non-fictional, self-generated or in collaboration with others. She primarily uses acrylic, graphite, or colored pencils on paper and wood. Her work has earned her awards such as gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and 3x3 Magazine as well as the World Illustration Award for Alternative Publishing.Maria Popova thinks and writes about our search for meaning—sometimes through science and philosophy, sometimes through poetry and children’s books, always through the lens of wonder. She is the creator of The Marginalian (born in 2006 under the name Brain Pickings), which is included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials. She has written some very long books (Figuring and Traversal) and some very short books (The Snail with the Right Heart and The Coziest Place on the Moon), and her show The Universe in Verse—a charitable celebration of the wonder of reality through stories of science winged with poetry—has also become a book the length of a day on Saturn.