LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
A treasure in book form, glistening with songs and shining with folk stories, this inclusive celebration of the seasons is just gorgeous. I absolutely adore the almanacs by Lia Leendertz and have regularly given them as gifts. A Year in Story and Song would make another perfect present for a loved one, or of course yourself. Like the almanacs, it is small with a stunning cover and contains beautiful illustrations. Within is a treasury of song, stories, charms, and folk tellings from the UK and further afield that have kept humanity company through the centuries. These provide a wonderful connecting relationship with the months, offering explanations, history, and information as the seasons roll by. Lia Leendertz explains: “For me, this process of telling, reading, singing and listening to the stories and songs of the year provides a vibrant echo of past lives and past ways of celebrating and marking the turning of the year: they are pieces of history that feel alive and spirited, and that we can be a part of”. I have fallen in love with this little beauty and am very happy to name it as a LoveReading Star Book as well as a Liz Pick of the Month. A Year in Story and Song is a book to keep close to hand, to dip into and delight in as the months spiral by. Highly recommended.
Liz Robinson
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A Year in Story and Song Synopsis
A Year in Story and Song is a captivating collection of stories and songs that celebrates the seasons.
We humans love stories. We love to hear them and to tell them, around fires and by bedsides, and we love to use them to make sense of the world around us.
The seasons, in all their ever-changing variety, give us many opportunities for storytelling: the full moons and their names, Epiphany in January, St Patrick's Day in March, May Day, Midsummer, Halloween and more. They feature mischievous boggarts and fairies, saints and sailors, leprechauns and dragons, pilgrimages and charms, milk maids and rose queens, Robin Hood and the green man. The songs range from shanties and love songs, to bawdy ballads and wassails, to carols and rounds, and have been sung for hundreds of years, often at particular moments in the calendar.
This is a book to treasure all year, every year.
About This Edition
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9781856755481 |
| Publication date: |
9th May 2024 |
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Lia Leendertz |
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Gaia Books Ltd an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group |
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Hardback |
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160 pages |
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About Lia Leendertz
Lia Leendertz is an award-winning garden and food writer based in Bristol. She presents a monthly podcast, 'As the Season Turns', about what to look out for in the month ahead and writes a free monthly newsletter, 'Lia's Living Almanac', which you can sign up for at the address below. Her reinvention of the traditional rural almanac has become an annual must-have for readers eager to connect with the seasons, appreciate the outdoors and discover ways to mark and celebrate each month.
Twitter: lialeendertz
Author Photo Credit: Kirstie Young
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Website: https://www.lialeendertz.com/
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