In the Country: Word Book
By (Author) Benedict Blathwayt
Birlinn General
Birlinn Ltd
8th August 2025
19th June 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens picture books
Paperback
24
Width 230mm, Height 230mm, Spine 8mm
The book features beautiful illustrations packed with detail. Children will love looking for the key objects (from animals , plants and flowers to vehicles,) illustrated and spelt out in more than 125 vignettes in the full-page illustrations, which are also crammed with marvellous incidental details.
Benedict Blathwaytspent much of his youth, childhood and early years of married life on Mull. He has written and illustrated over 50 picture books for Julie MacRae, Walker Books, Hutchinson, OUP and Rex Fox, among others, and his work has appeared in 14 languages. He won the Smarties Prize in 1988 forTangle and the Firesticks.