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A stunning visual aesthetic combined with clever puppetry make this new adaptation of Carson Ellis’s picture book a total delight. We then joined forces with talented puppeteers Sophie Powell and Lisa Mills to bring the troupe of little critters alive: It really kept us sane through 2020 making each other laugh at ladybirds drinking tiny cocktails and woodlice doing the hoovering. Viewers follow the unfurling of an exotic woodland plant through the actions and invented language of beautifully coiffed and clothed insects…This is certain to ignite readers’ interest and imaginings regarding their natural surroundings. The grandeur of the Theatre Royal’s interior retreats as insects pop up from hidey holes to go about their daily tasks. Readers and pre-readers alike will find myriad visual cues in Ellis' splendid folk-style, gouache-and-ink illustrations that will allow them to draw meaning from the nonsensical dialogue, as well as observe the subtle changing of the seasons.

Using intricate illustrations supported by spare dialogue in an invented language, Ellis elegantly weaves the tale of several square feet of ground in the insect world as the seasons pass.

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Ellis is best known as an illustrator, and her oversized gouache and ink spreads deftly balance playfulness and precision, intricacy and airy background. The book attracted strong interest from foreign publishers, and has sold into 11 territories so far. I haven't used it with pupils yet but will, we will work it all out together and it will help our decoding skills.