Buy this book on-line MARSH, JANET: : The Magic IslandLONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1984. ISBN 0718124820.
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Janet Marsh's Nature Diary,an exquisitely illustrated account of the flora and fauna surrounding her Hampshire home,was published to great acclaim in 1979.Now Janet Marsh has turned her extraordinary skill as a watercolourist to producing her first book for children.
'The Magic Island' describes the adventures of Janet's two small children, Laura and Edmund,in the natural surroundings by their riverside home in Hampshire.It is a world of beauty, excitement - and danger. .the evil pike who lives in the river wears a white linen table-napkin and thinks small boys make tasty snacks.
Janet Marsh's breathtakingly beautiful illustrations also provide exceptionally detailed information on natural history; the complete book will therefore provide education as well as enjoyment for children.
Janet Marsh,born in 1953,grew up in a small village in Sussex,but has been painting and studying the natural life of the Itchen and Test valleys in Hampshire since the age of fourteen.In London,she attended the Byam Shaw School of Art, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts,and finally the Royal College of Art,where she studied natural history illustration and obtained her MA.Her paintings have been featured in the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times magazines,and been bought for
Prince Philip's collection.
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