Winner, 2020 WA Premier’s Book Awards: Writing for Children category.Winner, 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Picture Book category.Winner, 2021 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards, Australia & New Zealand Region.How To Make A Bird is one of those books.” – Paul Macdonald, The Children’s Bookshop A must for Stage 3 and High Schools – this resonates on so many levels.” While the book on a literal level is about the process of shaping a bird and launching that bird into flight, the narrative offers a quiet and moving metaphor of the creative process. “ How to Make a Bird is a beautiful picture book. “Matt Ottley’s illustrations are sunlit, expansive and ethereal. “This is an exquisitely created picture book, with gorgeous imagery by a celebrated artist, and a message of hope, creativity and wonder crafted by an award-winning storyteller.” It shows how small things, combined with a little imagination and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic. And breathes life into it before letting it fly free. We shadow the protagonist as she contemplates the blue print of an idea, collects the things that inspire from the natural world to shape a bird. “To make a bird you will need a lot of very tiny bones …”įrom award-winning author Meg McKinlay and celebrated artist Matt Ottley comes a moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative process from inception through recognition to celebration and releasing into the world. Walker Books Australia, 2020 Walker Books UK, 2020 Davidsfonds/Infodok (Dutch edition), 2020 Candlewick US, 2021
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