Bibliograph

Every leaf a hallelujah, Ben Okri ; illustrations by Diana Ejaita

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Every leaf a hallelujah, Ben Okri ; illustrations by Diana Ejaita

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

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resource.interestAgeLevel

9+ years old

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Every leaf a hallelujah

Responsibility statement

Ben Okri ; illustrations by Diana Ejaita

Summary

An environmental fairytale made for our times, written to be read by adults and children, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road. In the forest near Mangoshi's village in Africa there grows a very special flower. Mangoshi knows that only this flower can save her mother's life. It can save her village too. All she has to do is find it. Ben Okri and Diana Ejaita have created a magical world of beauty and colour, an enchanting array of extraordinary trees, each with its own personality and voice. The chief among them, the great baobab, invites us into his branches to travel the world and see for ourselves the perils of not listening to nature. All around us, forests are vanishing, and no one is listening

Target audience

juvenile

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