Enya and James In The Land Of Magic

By Petra Vandecasteele, Paul Godard
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Dazzling photography of Enya and James during their many travels in the African wilderness. Exciting, fascinating and absolutely delightful story. You'll get hooked right from the start and spend your evenings devouring the pages... Enya is a child of nature: she loves all living creatures and is particularly passionate about horses. One day, she and her younger brother, James, receive magical powers that enable them to hear the voices of nature and to travel to the most extraordinary places on earth. Enya's greatest desire is to ride a wild horse up to the stars. Her wish will be granted only if she proves worthy of such a special adventure. She is eager to help and save the last wild horses on earth with James, but there are other challenges to overcome before having her dream fulfilled...
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Dec. 22, 2009 By paulatpaulgodarddotcom
A wholly fresh approach to children's storytelling, Enya and James in the Land of Magic takes a range of tried and trusted children's book techniques, shakes them up with some innovative ideas and delivers an interactive reading experience for primary-school-aged children. And one with a powerful and most inspirational message at its heart.
The tried-and-trusted techniques: in the style of Harry Potter and other successful children's literature, the central characters are seemingly-normal, outgoing, inquisitive children who become endowed with special powers and must take on the responsibility of saving the world in the face of adults' failure to do so.
Also, we know that a children's book... More > must be filled with colour. This one simply bursts with every hue of the spectrum, courtesy of Paul Godard's breathtaking nature photography, not to mention the intimate portraits and documentaries of the two central characters, Enya and James, who also happen to be his own children. (Would that all fathers had Paul's ability to capture such precious moments in their children's lives so gracefully.)
The innovation comes in writer-mom Petra Vandecasteele's story-telling techniques: the first-person emails from Enya and James to the reader of the book, inviting responses, and the journal entries in which Enya confides in her Dear Diary, once again drawing the young reader into the inner circle of friendship and trust.
Good storytelling and sheer entertainment aside, what sets this book apart is its intent: to educate children about the metaphorical magic of nature, and the role we can each play in caring for our planet. In that respect, this is really a book for adults - a tool with which parents, aunts, educators and others can begin a very grown-up conversation with those who will inherit the Earth.

Dominique le Roux, Moonshine Media Publishing, Cape Town < Less
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Copyright Kids Of Nature (Standard Copyright License)
Edition First Edition
Published December 25, 2009
Language English
 
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File Size 8.9 MB

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