Slow down in the park – Rachel Williams

Inspired by Rachel William’s bestselling and inspiring book slow down: bring calm to a busy world with 50 nature stories, the picture book slow down in the park brings with short calming stories for your little ones!

Slow down in the park is a hardcover board book and a fabulous introduction for first readers to discover a magical world of nature on your doorstep. The book contains charming rhyming verse and introduces 6 mindful moments – including a squirrel burying a nut, and a rainbow forming on a rainy day – to the youngest readers.

Slow down in the park is recommended for young children, especially those aged 1 – 5 years old. It is published by Magic Cat Publishing and contains lovely illustrations by Freya Hartas.

Contents:

1 hardback board book in English, 12 pages.

About slow down

Slow down is a lovely book encouraging a slower pace of childhood, observing all the magical transformations taking place in each day. All around us, nature performs true miracles. Every day, hour by hour, transformations happen, new life emerges, seemingly impossible things happen or planets and tides move. Slow down features 50 nature stories helping children to spot the wonders of nature.

Often, in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we carelessly walk past these miracles in daily life. We take many things for granted, but we don’t know what exactly lies behind them. With the help of the 50 little stories in this book, children can pause and mindfully discover nature. Each story tells a little episode from nature and the lives of animals and plants: how a starfish walks on the seabed, the mole digs its burrows, a duck teaches its offspring to swim, a rainbow or thunderstorm is formed, the tadpole becomes a frog, how the moon changes in the course of the month or how the dew collects on the leaves in the morning.

These are wonderful stories to share as a family and inspiring outdoor adventures of exploration and discovery in nature. And those who know about these wonders will protect them instead of carelessly destroying them.

About Rachel Williams

Australian-born Rachel Williams studied creative writing before becoming an editor and publisher of children’s books. She is the author of many books for children, including Atlas of Animal Adventures and Illuminature.

She lives in London with her children and most recently founded the publishing house “Magic Cat” together with Jenny Broom.

About Freya Hartas

Freya Hartas is a UK based illustrator specialising in children’s books, and the artist for the best-selling Slow Down. She lives in the vibrant city of Bristol with her partner and their ancient black cat Katsu and works from her cosy, cluttered desk in a shared studio down the road.

She graduated from Falmouth University with a first-class honours in BA illustration in 2014. Freya loves to conjure up humorous characters, animals and monsters, creating the most fantastical worlds for them to inhabit and get lost in.