The green line - Polly Farquharson

This charming and highly original book follows a child's path on a walk to and through a park. Written and photographed by a leading professional photographer, it draws on her experiences of walking on London's Hamsptead Heath with her own young children. Photographs of highlights of the walk such as blossom on a tree, flowers growing through a fence, a grassy hillside for rolling down, clouds in the sky, a friendly dog, rain splashing in puddles and much more are linked with a simple first person narrative text . Visually the reader's eye is drawn from page to page by a child's doodle, the green line, which could be the end of a stick being dragged along the ground throughout the walk. This simple idea, beautifully presented through stunning photography and graphic design, not only provides much food for discussion but stimulates children to look at the everyday wonders around them and use their imaginations.