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Jackie Morris

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Jackie Morris lives in a small house on the Welsh coast. She wanted to be an artist from the earliest she could remember. After studying art at Hereford and Bath Academy she went on to illustrate for magazines and newspapers. She began her first book for children the week after her first child, Thomas was born and has gone on to illustrate and write many books.

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Average rating: 4.35 · 20,023 ratings · 3,942 reviews · 124 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Unwinding 4.45 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me a Dragon 4.42 avg rating — 584 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of the Sun, West of the Moon 4.02 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Swans 4.37 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quiet Music of Gently Falling Snow 4.33 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snow Leopard 4.12 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Fox 4.27 avg rating — 233 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Bear 4.24 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Cat 4.29 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems by Jackie Morris (Goodreads Author), Carol Ann Duffy 4.51 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Just a reminder that I have moved my blog now to wordpress and have incorporated it into my website. I miss the ease of blogger, but am sure I will get the hang of wordpress one day!
Soon there will be a new competition there. Not sure what the prize will be yet. Still thinking about it.

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Mrs. Noah (3 books)
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Jackie Morris (Goodreads Author),

James Mayhew (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

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Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)

by Manda Scott (Goodreads Author)

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Jackie said: " Re reading this marvelous book and second time around it is even better. Brilliant prose that carries you away to the land of the Eceni. "

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Wonderstruck

by Brian Selznick

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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

by George R.R. Martin

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Dec 21, 2013 10:40PM

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“You have traveled far, but the hardest part of a journey is always the next step.”
― Jackie Morris, East of the Sun, West of the Moon

tags: journey, journey-of-life, overcoming

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“When he walked in her dreams moths rose from the earth where his paws touched the ground, as if born from his footfall. They followed him, a cloud of moths of all colours. And the music of moth wings followed him. And the dancing lights of the northern sky hung in his breath. In his eyes, a world of wild. On his coat, the colours of snow. In his voice, the wisdom of untamed things.”
― Jackie Morris, The Unwinding

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“She whispered into the ear of the dreaming bear. If I said that my love for you was like the spaces between the notes of a wren's song, would you understand? Would you perceive my love to be, therefore, hardly present, almost nothing?”
― Jackie Morris, The Unwinding

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Favorite retelling of "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon"

East

Edith Pattou

25 votes, 35.2%

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Jessica Day George

16 votes, 22.5%

Ice

Sarah Beth Durst

10 votes, 14.1%

Mistress of the Wind

Michelle Diener

4 votes, 5.6%

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

4 votes, 5.6%

The Princess and the White Bear King

Tanya Robyn Batt

3 votes, 4.2%

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Mercer Mayer

3 votes, 4.2%

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Susanna Davidson

3 votes, 4.2%

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Jackie Morris

2 votes, 2.8%

Once Upon a Winter's Night

Dennis L. McKiernan

1 vote, 1.4%

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message 2: by Jackie

Nov 10, 2015 07:31AM

Yes, indeed. I have to say that I almost didn't let her agree to marriage, because I too felt the same as you from the traditional telling of the story. But he did learn a bit from his mistake. Had it been me I would have told him what I thought of a man willing to stand by and let his love burn. But I think she is more than strong enough in the relationship to stand her own ground.
So many of these tales frustrate me. Passive heroines are not to my taste.
Thanks for getting back to me. Really appreciate that. Wanted to know what it was that gave you doubts.And they are wise doubts indeed.

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message 1: by Nafiza

Nov 10, 2015 02:09AM

Hi Jackie, thank you for the friend request. I enjoyed your book a lot; it is possibly the only version of the fairy tale that I have found to my taste. My reservations, as I mentioned in my review, arise from the romance. I do not like the romance, or, to be more accurate, the prince. I felt like he imposed his reality on the protagonist when he decided that she was lost and suffering in the forest and his actions from then on are direct reactions to this reality he has thought up. I feel like the protagonist had no choice in the matter and this makes me feel really queasy. I would love a retelling where the protagonist falls in love with someone other than the prince. You address this quite well in your version and I appreciated that a lot but I still don't like him. I hope my answer is sufficient.

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