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Join a father and daughter as they find their wings together and take to the skies in this funny, tender tale from the master of contemporary storytelling.
Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly? The Great Human Bird Competition of course!
It's a story about love and it gives the reader a wonderful sense of joy about what it means to be alive. You will have read nothing else quite like it. -- Independent Bookshop Week supplement - The Guardian
ISBN: 9781406354409
Publication date: 02/04/2015
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9781406354409 |
| Publication date: | 2nd April 2015 |
| Author: | David Almond |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Genres: | Children's Fiction, |
| Collections: | 100+ Children’s Books to Read as an Adult - Grown-up But Never Outgrown., |
| Categories: | General fiction (Children's / Teenage), |
In March 2010 David Almond won The Hans Christian Andersen Award which is presented every other year to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature. Julia Eccleshare on David Almond: One of the best-loved and finest writers of today, David Almond made an immediate impact with Skellig, his first book. The moving story of a boy’s discovery of a strange creature in the shed which can be interpreted in many ways introduced some to the recurrent themes of David Almond’s writing. Infused with a touch of magic ...
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