The Big Field is a lovely picture book for all children and an important addition to resources for the Early Years curriculum. Patterned after books of hours, it is a month-by-month account of life on a farm at the edge of the Atlantic Rainforest in South America. Birds, flowers, butterflies, and bugs abound in a warm and gentle story of three young children living on their grandmother's farm and learning from her the seasonal changes and simple activities that often mirror those of children in the northern hemisphere. The subtext of the grandmother's determination to reforest the big field of the title gives hope and a way forward to young children as they learn about nature in the modern world.
No other book exists to introduce young children to the seasons and nature in this part of the southern hemisphere, and precious few are available to teachers to use as tools in the classroom. The publication of The Big Field is accompanied by a detailed Teachers' Guide and two classroom posters.
From the Back Cover
What is it like to live where August is cold and grey, and where January is hot, where spring comes in September and autumn in April? A child's year on a farm at the edge of the South American Atlantic Rainforest is filled with seasonal activities and with gentle observations of nature's cycles, under the guidance of a Granny who teaches a love of the forest.
Read the four-starred review, by Sue Magee on The Bookbag!
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The Big Field : a Child's Year Under the Southern Cross by Anne Morddel
ISBN 978 2 9531864 0 6
Price: €10 / £8
Size: 27.6 cm x 21.9 cm
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Now In Portuguese, French and Spanish
I am most pleased to be able to announce before the holidays that "The Big Field" is now available in Portuguese, with the title of "O Grande Campo", in French, with the title of "Le Grand Pré" and in Spanish, with the title of "El Gran Prado".
These can be purchased:
- directly from my storefront at Lulu.com
- from the Paypal storefront in the panel on the right
- by sending an e-mail to me at: a.morddel (AT) yahoo (dot) com
"The Big Field" for schools and libraries in Brazil
I am seeking funding and cooperation with a charitable organisation to enable me to donate copies of "O Grande Campo" to all primary schools and children's libraries in Brazil. If anyone can advise or help in this, please contact me.
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O Grande Campo by Anne Morddel
ISBN 978 2 9531864 8 2
Price: €12 / £10 / $13.55
Size: 27.6 cm x 21.9 cm
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Le Grand Pré by Anne Morddel
ISBN 978 2 9531864 4 4
Price: €12 / £10 / $13.55
Size: 27.6 cm x 21.9 cm
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El Gran Prado by Anne Morddel
ISBN 978 2 9531864 5 1
Price: €12 / £10 / $13.55
Size: 27.6 cm x 21.9 cm
©2010 Anne Morddel
