Phar Lap the Wonder Horse – review

This is a fantastic majority to pick out to life the legend of Phar Lap to novel generations of younger readers – in addition to listeners.

Phar Lap the Wonder Horse
by Jackie Kerin; illustrated past times Patricia Mullins
Museum Victoria Publishing
softcover; 32pp; 
ISBN:0980381312; EAN: 9780980381313
RRP $A19.95; Buy from Fishpond (NZ),  Amazon, or Museum Victoria

 

This large format, softcover majority is beautifully illustrated and perfect for reading aloud to the petty ones. The floor – told inwards ballad shape – encapsulates the floor of the mighty Equus caballus inwards linguistic communication that the real immature tin understand.

The pictures are large in addition to colourful, in addition to are real skilful likenesses of the people surrounding Phar Lap in addition to the Equus caballus himself. Mullins has used coloured tissue in addition to a diversity of Japanese, Nepalese in addition to Indian papers equally good equally crayon in addition to photograph montage for the pictures.

 

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Jackie Kerin is an component subdivision instrumentalist in addition to teacher. She has worked inwards schools, theatre, cinema in addition to television. Jackie is likewise a storyteller inwards the onetime fashioned feel of the word. Fascinated past times the oral tradition, her stories similar to move said equally good equally read. These days she spends her fourth dimension working inwards a establish nursery, in addition to writing in addition to telling stories to children of all ages – in addition to adults when they tin move persuaded.

Patricia Mullins is an writer in addition to illustrator who has been involved inwards illustrating in addition to writing over xx children’s books, including the award-winning V for Vanishing in addition to Rummage. She is passionate nearly horses in addition to has worked on the restoration of carousel horses in addition to rocking horses both inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to Europe.

 

 

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