By Sam Winston (author) , Sam Winston (illustrator) Part of the Walker Studio series
"Great for supporting linguistic diversity in the classroom"
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While Sam Winston’s One & Everything may not be a “multilingual picturebook” in the way one might expect, it is a beautiful homage to linguistic and cultural diversity. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie famously spoke about the “danger of a single story”, and Sam Winston’s beautiful book shows that danger manifesting itself in a literal, yet subtle sense.
The book begins with the words “Once there were many stories for the world”, before introducing the “one” story, who wanted to take over all other stories, gobbling them up. The book gently and sensitively paves the way for so many relevant discussions with children - who owns our stories?
Who has a right to them? Who should decide how they get told? The illustrations feature a range of scripts, making linguistic diversity visible, and the book is beautifully researched, with input from both researchers and community members with lived experience of endangered languages. Despite the main text being in English only, this book can play a truly important role in supporting linguistic diversity in the classroom.
From Sam Winston, the co-creator of the Bologna Ragazzi award-winning A Child of Books, comes a thought-provoking celebration of the power of stories and written languages, and the imperative to preserve them. Once there were many stories in the world. Some had beautiful sunsets, some lived at the bottom of the sea, and some were simply about dogs.
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Until one story decided that it was going to be the most important story ever. It called itself the One and started to consume every other story in existence.
Soon it seemed that the One was all that was left ... or was it? Inspired by the Endangered Alphabets project, aimed at preserving cultures by sharing their unique scripts, author-illustrator Sam Winston uses writing systems such as cuneiform, Canadian aboriginal, Egyptian hieroglyphs and ogham to illustrate this book in his signature typography-based style, using symbols and letters that have relayed the world’s stories over the centuries.
'A deceptively simple picture book full of intricate, fascinating detail […] a dynamic celebration of written languages and a call to preserve those under threat.' -- Guardian
'Strikingly original.' - Bookseller
'There were and are so many stories in the world […] Their variety is endless and so are the ways of telling them so is their one or are there many? Find out in this stunning Walker Books publication.' - Armadillo Magazine
'a beautiful celebration of stories in dazzling visual form. Using letters for art, Winston celebrates the languages and writing systems that have told stories for centuries. Both thought-provoking and multi-layered, with shames and colours to engage the youngest of readers.' - Scotland on Sunday
'One and Everything is a beautiful, tactile, educational, inspiring and perfect for curious minds.' - The Kids Books Curator
Sam Winston is a fine artist who exhibits internationally and whose books can be found in many special collections worldwide, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Research Institute, the Tate Gallery London, the Bodleian Library Oxford and the V&A Museum. His work is also collected by the Library of Congress and commissioned by The New York Times. A Child of Books, Sam's picture book debut and co-created with Oliver Jeffers, won the Bologna Ragazzi Award and was a New York Times bestseller. Sam lives and works in London. Find him online at www.samwinston.com.
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From Sam Winston, the co-creator of the Bologna Ragazzi award-winning A Child of Books, comes a thought-provoking celebration of the power of stories and written languages, and the imperative to preserve them. Once there were many stories in the world.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed One and Everything and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
One and Everything features in the following genres: Traditional Tales, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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One and Everything was written by Sam Winston and published by Walker Studio an imprint of Walker Books Ltd
One and Everything has 48 pages
Yes it is part of Walker Studio series
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.
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