Greenling

Author(s): Levi Pinfold

Children's

Mr Barleycorn picks a green baby growing on his land, letting loose the incredible power of nature. When melons grow in the kitchen and apples sprout out of their television, Mrs Barleycorn says the Greenling has to go. But the bounty and beauty of nature has a strange power - the power to bring a whole community together.


Product Information

A modern fable about nature's power from the Greenaway Medal winner.

The gaps in the text encourage speculation and imagination. An ecological fable with themes around prejudice and fear of the unknown. The stunning illustrations have a sense of the surreal and invite exploration and discussion. The gaunt figures of the Barleycorns call to mind Grant Wood's painting 'American Gothic'. -- Ann Lazim CLPE

Levi Pinfold has worked as an author and illustrator since graduating from University College Falmouth. He paints with watercolour and gouache, creating imagery from imagination and memory. His debut book, The Django, won a Booktrust Early Years Award. Michael Foreman described it as, "A virtuoso display of real drawing."

General Fields

  • : 9781783701872
  • : United Book Distributors
  • : United Book Distributors
  • : 01 February 2016
  • : 287mm X 247mm
  • : 01 June 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Levi Pinfold
  • : Paperback
  • : 1607
  • : Levi Pinfold
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 32