mystic eyes — the worlds of Jackie Morris
One of our favourite illustrators at wonder | wander | world is Jackie Morris, whose work we’ve loved ever since discovering The Snow Leopard in 2007.
It’s a story of a mythical leopard who sings the world into being, illustrated with gorgeous art of the real-life snow leopard, a desperately endangered species. We were hooked!
Her art ranges from the brilliantly-observed realism of works like The Ice Bear and the White Fox, to whimsical fairytales straight from a child’s imagination.
In 2017 she collaborated with nature writer and poet Robert Macfarlane to produce The Lost Words.
A large-format poetry book dedicated to words from the natural world which were removed from the Oxford Illustrated Children’s Dictionary: acorn, dandelion, otter, and many others.
Her most recent book is a reissue of the 2015 Queen of the Sky, a real-life story about her friend rescuing and nursing an injured peregrine falcon in the Welsh countryside.
We look forward to more gorgeous stories woven by this talented craftswoman!
Originally published at http://woaworld.blogspot.com.
