Firefly Forest

by Robyn Frampton, Mike Heath (Illustrator)

Overview

Discover the magic in Firefly Forest!

There’s more to this forest than some choose to see.
This magical place can set your heart free.

Follow the glow of the fireflies and explore an enchanted miniature world within our own, inhabited by unseen creatures. Who do you think lives there? Fairies or gnomes or pixies?

Author Robyn Frampton created a sensation when she anonymously installed handcrafted magical “gnome homes” and “fairy houses” in a local park. This picture book takes you on an inspirational journey through this park with photo illustrations of her creations.

An Imprint Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250307606
Publisher:	Imprint
Publication date:	03/13/2018
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	43 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Robyn Frampton is the creative force behind the mystery of Firefly Forest. In the spring of 2013, she individually carved and placed installations with the help of her young sons along a well-traveled, picturesque trail in the heart of America. Robyn and her sons now reside in Utah, where she recently graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She continues to create magical spaces, most recently donating an enormous whimsical tree to Primary Children’s Hospital. Her work has recently been featured in the award-winning documentary The Gnomist, which aired on CNN in December 2015. Firefly Forest is her first picture book.

Mike Heath communicates with pictures and is currently living out his passion to create through Magnus Creative with photo illustration and short films. He graduated from Colorado State University in 2000 with a degree in fine arts, concentrating in photography and graphic design. After working as a designer and an art director for various publications, his photography evolved with his projects for both magazine spreads and bestselling authors. All of his work is created with location and studio photography, coupled with 3-D rendering when something simply doesn’t exist. He is most inspired when exploring the beauty of Colorado and beyond with his wife and three children. He is the illustrator of Firefly Forest.

Editorial Reviews

2018-02-03
Frampton, the artist behind the real-life Firefly Forest in the woods of Kansas, brings her vision to readers all over with this book.Tiny tea sets on toadstools, illuminated fairy cottages that beckon readers in, and glimpses of interiors, all of it dwarfed by real flowers and a frog: Heath's digital artwork will be the main draw here, the charming details sure to give children ideas for crafting fairy houses, doors, and furniture of their own. Soft focus, golden light, and changes in perspective all lead readers into this world. Fairies are never mentioned; instead, "magical beings" are referenced, and the book alternates between talking about them in the third person and their addressing readers directly: "You've not been forgotten, is what they say. / We heard you calling and came right away. / We're here to help you and happy to stay. // We love you… / We'll lift you… // You'll find your way." Among the fireflies, readers are told, you will find "whatever you need," and in turn, you need to "Show kindness and love in all that you do." The text is maddeningly oblique throughout, its generic exhortations and promises practically irrelevant, and Frampton's rhymes and rhythms are sometimes off, resulting in sometimes-tortured syntax. The target audience of children who believe in this sort of woods magic will be too young to gather much meaning, inspiration, or aid from these verses.Misses the magic that the Kansas community brought to the original forest. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews