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Wild, Margaret,

The feather / written by Margaret Wild ; illustrated by Freya Blackwood. - Richmond, VIC : Little Hare Books, an imprint of Hardie Grant Egmont, 2018. - 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm.

When a great feather drifts from the leaden sky, two children recognise its extraordinariness and take it to the village for its protection. The villagers, however, want to encase it, upon which the feather loses its radiance. The children take it home and care for it through the night. In the morning it is again radiant, and when they set it free it leaves behind the first signs of blue sky and colour. The ambiguous ending invites multiple interpretations about the effects of selflessness and kindness.

For primary school age.

ISBN: 9781760124212

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Redemption--Picture books.
Picture books.
Kindness--Juvenile fiction.
Kindness--Picture books.
Feathers--Picture books.
Hope--Picture books.
Feathers.
Hope.
Dystopias.
Dystopias--Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias--Picture books.
Kindness--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Hope--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Feathers--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Redemption--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Children's stories--Pictorial works.
Children's stories.
Australian fiction.
Hope--Juvenile fiction.
Feathers--Juvenile fiction.
Redemption--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Australian fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Dystopian fiction.
Picture books.
Children's stories
Children's stories.
Australian fiction
Children's stories
Australian fiction
Sophisticated picture books
Sophisticated picture books
Australian fiction
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.

LC Class. No.: PZ

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4