How to Make a Bird

Name: How to Make a Bird
Price: 17.21 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Meg McKinlay
ISBN: 9781536215267

Breathe deeply and take your time. The making of a bird is not a thing to be hurried.

To make a bird, you’ll need hundreds of tiny, hollow bones, so light you can barely feel them on your palm. So light they can float on air. Next you’ll need feathers for warmth and lift. There will be more besides — perhaps shells and stones for last touches. But what will finally make your bird tremble with dreams of open sky and soaring flight?

In this stunning picture book, a girl assembling a bird becomes a metaphor for the creative process: imaginatively combining elements, sometimes in unexpected ways; absorbing yourself in the making of something that is unique to you; and then, finally, releasing it to soar on its own. From award-winning author Meg McKinlay and celebrated artist Matt Ottley comes a lyrical and lovely picture book that shows how small things, combined with wonder and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.