Flickering Fires

Grahame Baker-Smith is a self-taught award-winning illustrator from Oxford who completed his training at Berkshire School of Art. He has worked in illustration for twenty years and in 2011 won the Greenaway Medal for his inspiring tale of fatherhood, FARTHER. He has illustrated numerous other picture books for Templar, including The Rhythm of the Rain which won the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Greenaway shortlisted Leon and the Place Between.

Now we have another story, an absolutely extraordinary one, about fire and how humans have used it to transform. [...] Exploring fire from the very first sparks to the harnessing of its power this book is compelling and fascinating.