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How to Make a Bird / Meg McKinlay (author) ; Matt Ottley (illustrator).

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Newtown, NSW : Walker Books Australia, 2020.Description: 1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781925381894
  • 1925381897
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
Awards:
  • 2021 CBCA Picture Book of the Year, Notables.
Summary: This book book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative process from inception through recognition to celebration and releasing into the world. 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. And breathes life into it before letting it fly free. It shows how small things, combined with a little imagination and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Children's Books | Awarded Children's Books
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Junior collection MACK Available 063588
Total reserves: 0

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This book book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative process from inception through recognition to celebration and releasing into the world. 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. And breathes life into it before letting it fly free. It shows how small things, combined with a little imagination and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.

3-6 years old.

2021 CBCA Picture Book of the Year, Notables.

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