Sample<\/a><\/p>\nIn Edinburgh, they stand outside the childhood home of Robert Louis Stevenson. They discover the countryside that inspired Caldecott\u2019s illustrations in Whitworth. In the Lake District, the farm where Jemima Puddle-duck laid her eggs. And in Winnie the Pooh Country Mrs. Milne herself shows the way to \u201cthat enchanted place on the top of the Forest [where] a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.\u201d Join their adventures, from sleeping in a wagon to \u201cmessing about\u201d in boats on the Thames. While not all their quests end in victory, like any marvelous story, how they get there is what matters.<\/p>\n
While we can\u2019t all make the journey ourselves, we can let Joan Bodger take us along. As Emily Dickinson says, even if we \u201chave never seen a moor\u201d, we can still imagine \u201chow the heather looks.\u201d<\/p>\n
How the Heather Looks<\/em>\u00a0has been called \u2018the book most often stolen by retiring children\u2019s librarians\u201d. This new edition features the stunning art by Mark Lang, and the authors\u2019 afterword, written thirty years after the book was first released.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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