Publisher Description

This gorgeous series makes a perfect gift for creative children.
-- Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern Museum Take Me Home is filled with activities that encourage children to explore the place where they live, jot down their ideas and draw what they see. As they discover new facts, make lists, and answer questions they are prompted to look at their own home in new ways - observing its different spaces and the objects that fill it. Crammed with facts, lively illustrations and inspiring activities, this fun-filled book is perfect for spending creative time at home - just the thing for homeschool groups, or for parents looking for interesting after-school and rainy-day activities. With Take Me Home as their guide, children don't need to go further than their own front door to discover new things! Fun, quirky and bursting with information about homes throughout history; architecture and design; the way things work; and the artists and writers whose stories are inspired by living spaces; this book is the perfect gift for curious and creative children. Writer and illustrator Mary Richards is author of The Modern Art Journal (Tate Publishing), Splat: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time (Thames & Hudson) and co-author of ArtSongs, a set of songs about art and artists (with David Schweitzer) for Tate. Mary was Art Publisher at the Hayward Gallery and a Project Editor at Tate Publishing. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.

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TAKE ME HOME is an activity journal for YOUNG EXPLORERS. You can use this book wherever you live in the world! It's divided into five activity-filled ADVENTURE chapters. In these, you will be able to explore the spaces in your home, make notes on what you find, and create pieces of art and writing. Fun, quirky and bursting with facts about homes throughout history; architecture and design; the way things work; and the artists and writers who have been inspired by living spaces, this book is worth staying home for!

Author Biography

Writer and illustrator Mary Richards is author of The Modern Art Journal (Tate Publishing), Splat: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time (Thames & Hudson) and co-author of ArtSongs, a set of songs about art and artists (with David Schweitzer) for Tate. Mary was Art Publisher at the Hayward Gallery and a Project Editor at Tate Publishing. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.

Table of Contents

First section: All About This Book / Thinking About Homes / Places And Spaces / Things That Surround Us // Second section: Five "Adventure Chapters", each divided as follows: Map It Out / Inside Outside / Living Spaces / How Does It Work? / Home Stories / Picture Gallery / Sleeping Spaces // Third section: Dream Home / Home Glossary / Certificate

Review

This gorgeous series makes a perfect gift for creative children. -- Frances Morris, Director, Tate ModernOccasionally a product comes along that you LOVE and it's made all the more impressive because it's produced by a teeny tiny indie publisher who have knocked it out of the park with concept, design and production." -- Smallprint Books, London, UKJournals, scrapbooks and activity books rolled into one, and so beautifully designed. -- The Little Literary Society, UK

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"This gorgeous series makes a perfect gift for creative children." -- Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern "Occasionally a product comes along that you LOVE and it's made all the more impressive because it's produced by a teeny tiny indie publisher who have knocked it out of the park with concept, design and production." -- Smallprint Books, London, UK "Journals, scrapbooks and activity books rolled into one, and so beautifully designed." -- The Little Literary Society, UK

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