Si potrebbe guardare ogni disegno per ore, perché i dettagli sono così numerosi e particolareggiati, interessanti, curiosi, simpatici che anche il più piccolo angolo della pagina racchiude una storia in sé. A family of furry animals grow too big for their home in an old mattress and have to go out into the unknown world of the back yard to find a new one. His love of stories, painting and the work of illustrators such as Maurice Sendak, Alan Lee and Dave McKean led him to study Illustration at the University College Falmouth, where he developed narrative illustrations in his own style; a stylised realism. This is an odd, but entertaining story about a family who perceives a dog to be bigger and bigger until the smallest child finally goes out to meet him.

In this Writing Root children will be reading the book Black Dog by Levi Pinfold and identifying the structure of the text. Former Best New Illustrator Levi Pinfold's beautiful, stylised illustrations work to great effect in this stunning picture book about the nature of fear and the power of our imaginations. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. Small with her yellow coat and green boots offers the only spot of color when she first meets Black Dog, but as she leads him around outside and he becomes smaller, more spots of color appear (love the playground with the elephant slides!Wanda the little witch loves school, but she's a little shy - and very nervous about the school magic contest!

Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. A little green toy octopus, assorted cats, little figurines also looking scared, and carved toy owls are a few of the objects strewn about and peeking around corners. This poignant story by author-illustrator Levi Pinfold won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and provides the perfect springboard for discussing children’s fears and how to confront them.It's not scary, it's sweet and has a positive "moral", if you will, without reading like a moral tale. Actually, I’d recommend this mostly to dog lovers, many of all ages who might find this book humorous, although I suppose it could make for a good read or gift for anyone about to embark on a new endeavor or change they might find scary and might need or want to face. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The visually stunning illustrations which accompany the text also help reinforce the metaphor and invite high levels of inference from the children.