Summary
A Bird’s-Eye View of Family Life: A Funny Feathered Tale
A funny and whimsical picture book about an ordinary family day, told through a bird family, from 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award recipient Eva Lindström.
“Wash your beaks, it’s time for lunch—flies again today,” says Dad.
After lunch the young birds get sent off to play—they sing, hunt mosquitos, compare leg size and poke grubs. This is how birds spend a day.
Eva Lindström reflects…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776575275 |
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| ISBN-10: | 177657527X |
| Author: | Eva Lindström |
| Publisher: | Gecko Press |
| Imprint: | Gecko Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
“A quiet story to read over and over.”
– Kirkus Reviews“not to be missed.”
– Youth Services Book Review, starred review“Quietly joyous.”
– Five Books, Best Kids’ Books of 2023“amusement comes from the view of birds as having so much—bickering, boredom, complaining—in common with humans.”
– Publishers WeeklyAbout The Author
Eva Lindström
Eva Lindström has written and illustrated many highly acclaimed picture books. She was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2022, and has been nominated once for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and eight times for the August award which she won in 2013. Lindström was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm. She began her career as a comic artist and cartoonist, and has had a major influence on the new generation of comic book artists now emerging in Sweden.
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