We have fallen head over heels in love with Little Acorn by Adam Stower.
Little Acorn, A Long way Down, written and illustrated by award-winning writer and illustrator Adam Stower arrives just in time for little seedlings heading back to school. Our completely adorable acorn pal is happy as can be, safe up high in the top of his tree, but disaster strikes as one day Little Acorn falls all the way down to the forest floor with a great big THUMP.
Adam has a very special talent for character creation and the cast of woodland creatures in this story doesn’t disappoint, from a dinky dormouse to a skittish squirrel and even a greedy little piglet, each animal is filled with humour, leaping energetically across the pages with pure joy.
Little Acorn's new friends try enthusiastically to encourage Little Acorn to explore all the fun activities to be shared on the forest floor whilst at the same time trying to help him get back to the top of the tree, with varying levels of success.
Cleverly combining a traditional picture book format with pages featuring comic style panels with inventive text layouts, this book explores page space, and inventive positioning of illustration making it pure a joy to read aloud.
From start to finish this heart-warming story will help little humans, acorns and other woodland chums discover that there is always someone to be-leaf in you and that you can face all sorts of new challenges with friends by your side. We secretly hope that we eventually find some of Acorn's pals starring in books of their own in the very near future.
You can watch Adam reading Little Acorn on the Little Acorn Project
Little Acorn, A Long Way Down lands in bookshops on 27th August published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, be sure to gather up a copy at your local book shop or library.
You can find Adam on Instagram where he shares drawing tutorials, book trailers, sneak peeks and event appearances. You can also view Adam’s newly updated portfolio over on our Arena Illustration website.
For more information regarding collaborating with Adam or any of our fantastic artists please drop us a line via info@arenaillustration.com or by calling us on 020 8555 9827, we’d be happy to help you find the perfect artist for your project.
