Mother Earth

Poems to celebrate the wonder of nature

Libby Hathorn, Christina Booth

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Lothian
28 June 2023

Children's & Educational; Poetry (Children's&YA); Nature, the natural world (Children's&YA); Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's&YA)

Let's dream of what we can become,

Mother Earth, I am your son.

Food and shelter, climate, water,

Mother Earth, I am your daughter.

Mother Earth is a warm, funny, beautiful collection of nature poems. Written with great sensitivity by multi-award-winning poet and author Libby Hathorn and with superb illustrations by talented artist and illustrator Christina Booth, this is a book to treasure and to celebrate our precious environment - for kids and families, students and teachers alike.

'Beautifully illustrated . . . Warmly and sensitively written . . . Children and adults alike will enjoy this celebration of precious environments' ABC GARDENING AUSTRALIA MAGAZINE

By: Libby Hathorn
Illustrated by: Christina Booth
Imprint: Lothian
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 258mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780734421555
ISBN 10: 0734421559
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 28 June 2023
Recommended Age: From 0 to 5 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Libby Hathorn (Author) Libby Hathorn is an award-winning author and poet of more than eighty books for children, young adults, and adult readers. Her recent picture book No! Never!, written with her daughter Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, won the CBCA Children's Picture Book of the Year Award, Younger Readers, 2021. Translated into several languages and adapted for both stage and screen, her work has won honours in Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Holland. She is the recipient of the ABIA Pixie O'Harris Award, 2022, and the Lady Cutler Award, 2020, for distinguished services to Australian children's literature. In 2014 she won The Alice Award, a national award given to 'a woman who has made a distinguished and long term contribution to Australian literature'. In 2017 she won the Asher Award, a peace prize, for A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy. Libby is a keen educator who has lectured part-time at Sydney University and is devoted to being an ambassador for poetry anywhere and everywhere. She has been a National Ambassador for Reading and often acts as a judge for various literary prizes, including the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. www.libbyhathorn.com Christina Booth (Illustrator) Christina Booth is the award-winning international author and illustrator of over 20 books for children. A CBCA Honour Book Award winner for her picture book Kip, Christina has also won numerous Notable Book Awards, and the Environment Award for Children's Literature for her books Welcome Home, and One Careless Night. Trained as a teacher and artist, Christina has always loved nature, books, art and reading. She works from her studio on the small island of Lutruwita (Tasmania).