Starbird

Zusatztext An original fable illustrated by hugely talented Sharon King-Chai about love, freedom and the wisdom of children Informationen zum Autor Sharon King-Chai is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Born in Australia to Chinese-Malaysian parents, she moved to London in 2003. She fell in love with storytelling and design through music and books, creating album artwork and book covers before eventually writing and illustrating her own books and establishing her range of cards and prints. She has also collaborated with the bestselling Julia Donaldson on the intricately beautiful Animalphabet , Counting Creatures and Colours, Colours Everywhere . Her self-authored book Starbird won the Kate Greenaway Shadower’s Choice Award, and her books have gone on to win a range of international accolades including the Chen Bochui Award for Best Picture Book. Her unique board book series Mirror Magic plays with reflective pages to create a beautifully shiny and colourful new world for the youngest readers. Klappentext A stunning book shimmering with shiny silver foil throughout, from the astonishingly talented Sharon King-Chai, illustrator of Animalphabet written by Julia Donaldson. WINNER of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Shadowers' Choice Award 2021. Starbird is a magical story about love, freedom, and the wisdom of children. Starbird's songs weave the richest dreams and delight all who hear him, but when the Moon King traps him in a cage as gift for his daughter, the colour and life in his voice begin to drip away. While the Moon King is blinded by greed and selfishness, his young daughter can clearly see the injustice and cruelty of his actions. A heartfelt, lyrical story that shows the importance of standing up for what is right. Vorwort An exquisitely beautiful, original folk tale about love, freedom and the wisdom of the younger generation. Zusammenfassung An exquisitely beautiful, original folk tale about love, freedom and the wisdom of the younger generation....

Product details

• Authors: KING CHAI SHARON, Sharon King-Chai, King-Chai Sharon
• Publisher: Two Hoots
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781509899579
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-9957-9
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 249 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, royalty, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories