David Almond Quote
Look at all the life in this, she said. Every pip could become a tree, and every tree could bear another hundred fruits and every fruit could bear another hundred trees. And so on to infinity.I picked the picks from my tongue with my fingers.Just imagine, she said. If every seed grew, there'd be no room in the world for anything but pomegranate trees.
David Almond
Look at all the life in this, she said. Every pip could become a tree, and every tree could bear another hundred fruits and every fruit could bear another hundred trees. And so on to infinity.I picked the picks from my tongue with my fingers.Just imagine, she said. If every seed grew, there'd be no room in the world for anything but pomegranate trees.
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About David Almond
He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the UK, to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award.
For the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal in 2007, his debut novel Skellig (1998) was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. It ranked third in the public vote from that shortlist.