A Sparrow’s Life’s as Sweet as Ours: In Praise of Birds and Seasons

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A Sparrow’s Life’s as Sweet as Ours: In Praise of Birds and Seasons Authors: , Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages: 144 Illustrations and other contents: 66 colour screenprints Language: English ISBN: 9781472967145 Categories: , , ,

A Sparrow’s Life’s As Sweet As Ours is a collection of articles that began life as Bird of the Month columns in The Oldie magazine written by Oldie co-founder John McEwen and illustrated by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd. In this beautifulnew book, Carry Akroyd presents a sequence of screenprints of birds full ofvariety and colour that illustrate British birds in all four seasons of theyear. These stunning prints give full rein to Akroyd’s knowledge ofwildflowers, trees and the modern landscape of Britain. Her deft capturing ofeach bird’s characteristics set beautifully in relation to its habitat shinesout from Akroyd’s dynamic designs. John McEwen’saccompanying text is written with elegance and concision, and many of hisoriginal columns from The Oldie have been expanded and updated for thisnew collection. McEwen’s light, eclectic approach connects snippets ofornithology, history, etymology and cookery, all expressed with wit andknowledge. His writing is spiced with poetry – from Chaucer to the present – aswell as facts and stories, while personal and other anecdotes are included toinform and, above all, entertain

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Scholarly and charming. * Daily Telegraph * Mr McEwen's short essays on resident British or migrant birds convey a deep respect and affection ... No true bird lover will be disappointed by this book. -- Jack Watkins * Country Life * Fizzing with painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd's vibrant and inventive screen-prints. -- Jonathan Elphick * BBC Wildlife magazine * The book benefits greatly from the delightful and informative texts facing each picture. -- Jonathan Elphick * BBC Wildlife magazine *

Author Biography

Carry Akroyd is a painter and printmaker living in Northamptonshire. Landscape is her usual subject, and as a bird-noticer, they usually fly into the pictures. Accidentally becoming an illustrator, Carry has made both black and white and colour illustrations for poetry and natural history books, as well as many book jackets. She has also published two books of her own work. John McEwen was born in Berwickshire, pink-footed goose country, in 1942. John has been art critic of The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph, author of artist monographs (currently Paula Rego), edited the ornithologist Henry Douglas-Home’s The Birdman and was arts editor of The Field. He is a regular contributor to Country Life and an instigator of The Oldie, to which he contributes Bird of the Month with Carry Akroyd.