{"id":48224,"date":"2021-07-14T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordunited.com\/product\/summer-evening\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:41:06","slug":"summer-evening","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/wordunited.com\/product\/summer-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Evening (Faber &amp; Faber &#8211; Paperback)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summer Evening (Faber &amp; Faber &#8211; Paperback)<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The third book in the Walter De La Mare seasonal picture book quartet.\u00a0 Carolina Rabei&#8217;s stunning illustrations beautifully illuminate Walter de la Mare&#8217;s glorious celebration of a balmy summer&#8217;s evening.<\/p>\n<p><i>The sandy cat by the Farmer&#8217;s chair<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Mews at his knee for dainty fare;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Old Rover in his moss-greened house<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;A beautiful, calming read with charming illustrations by Carolina Rabei &#8211; the perfect bed time story.&#8217; \u2015<i>Telegraph on Snow<\/i><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;An easy intro to poetry.&#8217; \u2015 <i>Today&#8217;s Parent<\/i><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;The tranquil pages carry a sense of timelessness.&#8217; \u2015 <i>Publishers Weekly<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Paperback:<\/b> 32 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>ISBN:<\/strong> 9780571314676<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 24.38 x 0.51 x 24.64 cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by: <\/strong>Walter de la Mare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illustrated by:<\/strong> Carolina Rabei<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walter de la Mare was born in Charlton, Kent. From 1890 to 1908, he worked in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. For the rest of his long life, he was a full-time writer. De la Mare\u2019s first collection of poetry, <i>Songs of Childhood<\/i>, was published under pseudonym in 1902. With the publication of\u00a0<i>The Listeners<\/i>\u00a0(1912) and the classic volume of children\u2019s poetry\u00a0<i>Peacock Pie<\/i>\u00a0(1913), he established himself as one of the\u00a0leading poets of the time. In addition to publishing more than a thousand poems,\u00a0culminating with\u00a0<em>The Traveller<\/em>\u00a0(1945) and\u00a0<em>Winged Chariot<\/em>\u00a0(1951), considered by many\u00a0\u2013\u00a0among them T. S. Eliot, his editor at Faber\u00a0\u2013\u00a0to be his finest poems,\u00a0de la Mare published novels, including\u00a0<i>Memoirs of a Midget<\/i>\u00a0(1921), short stories, drama, stories for children and literary criticism. He also edited celebrated anthologies, including\u00a0<i>Come Hither<\/i>\u00a0(1923) and\u00a0<i>Behold This Dreamer<\/i>\u00a0(1939). Walter de la Mare received the Order of Merit in 1953.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the illustrator:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carolina\u2019s stunning debut picture book illustrating Walter de la Mare\u2019a poem,\u00a0<em>Snow<\/em>\u00a0(Faber), was published to critical acclaim, nominated for the esteemed Kate Greenaway Medal, and featured on\u00a0<em>The Independent<\/em>\u2018s list of \u201911 Best Books for 4 to 7-Year-Olds\u2019. Carolina went on to illustrate more of de la Mare\u2019s work for Faber:\u00a0<em>The Ride-by-Nights<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Summer Evening<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Silver.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Evening (Faber &amp; Faber &#8211; Paperback) The third book in the Walter De La Mare seasonal picture book quartet.\u00a0 Carolina Rabei&#8217;s stunning illustrations beautifully illuminate Walter de la Mare&#8217;s glorious celebration of a balmy summer&#8217;s evening. 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