My Beautiful Birds

Now in paperback, a compassionate, hopeful, and critically acclaimed portrait of a young refugee from celebrated author-illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo.

About the author

Suzanne Del Rizzo has always loved getting her hands messy. She traded her job in scientific research for a career in children¿s illustration with her first picture book, Skink on the Brink, which won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award and was a finalist for the Rainforest of Reading Award. Suzanne¿s dimensional illustrations use polymer clay and other mixed media to bring rich texture and imagination to her books. In 2015, looking for resources to explain the Syrian Civil War to her own children, Suzanne came across an article of a boy who took solace in a connection with wild birds at the Zäatari refugee camp. Struck by the universality of a child¿s relationship to animals, she began writing her New York Times Notable picture book My Beautiful Birds. Her distinctive illustrations also grace Sun Dog, a winner of the IODE Jean Throop Book Award, and Before You Were Born, an acclaimed and touching celebration of new life. Suzanne lives in Oakville, Ontario.

Summary

Now in paperback, a compassionate, hopeful New York Times Notable portrait of a young refugee from celebrated author-illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Del Rizzo
• Assisted by: Suzane Del Rizzo (Illustration), Suzanne Del Rizzo (Illustration)
• Publisher: Pajama Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781772781212
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-121-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 251 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 182 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Syria, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Sami, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East, c 2010 to c 2020, Interest age: from c 6 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds, Pets (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration & refugees, 7-9 years, Fiction, Picture Book, Non-character, Non Tie-in, Refugee camps - Juvenile fiction, Refugees -- Syria - Juvenile fiction, Birds - Juvenile fiction