Coralie Bickford-Smith (Author, Illustrator) Coralie Bickford-Smith is one of the most renowned designers in the publishing industry, especially recognized and celebrated for her illustrated covers of Penguin's clothbound classics. Her first book, The Fox and the Star, was chosen for Waterstones Book of the Year and is included in Time Out's 100 Best Children's Books. Her design work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Guardian.
Exquisite, moving and hopeful on so many different levels. I love the bright green of the spring, I really feel that incandescence when I turn the page. I will be buying it for many. -- Lucy Jones * author of Losing Eden * Praise for Coralie Bickford-Smith's The Song of the Tree * : * Another exquisite, clothbound tale from Coralie Bickford-Smith . . . illustrations are so vivid and patterned, reminiscent of traditional African wax prints, that each page feels alive. The night-time stars and fireflies sparkle, though there's no glitter or foil used, while elsewhere the text swoops bird-like across the page * Observer * Depicts nature at its most majestic and tells a lovely fable about belonging * Financial Times * Heart-warming . . . a celebration about the world around us and the importance of the natural world at a time when we need it the most * Creative Review *