Down to the River and Up to the Trees: Discover the hidden nature on your doorstep. Sue Belfrage
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Text and illustrations © Sue Belfrage 2017
The poem ‘Night Blanket’ first published in Mslexia magazine in 2016
Cover design Micaela Alcaino © HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008255268
Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9780008255275
Version 2017-05-24
To Matt, man of the woods
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757–1827), ‘Auguries of Innocence’
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