Free as a Bird

Author: Barroux

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A story of love, care and rescue from an internationally acclaimed picture book creator

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Summary

A story of love, care and rescue from an internationally acclaimed picture book creator

Description

A follow-up to I Love You, Blue, this new story has the same deceptive simplicity, in its ability to combine important issues with emotion and humour through art and story

One day Jonas the lighthouse keeper and his friend Blue the whale rescue a tired, bedraggled bird from the sea...a bird who has made a perilous journey from a far-off country, fleeing war and great danger. This beautiful story of care, refuge and freedom is told and illustrated with compassion and empathy.

Critic Reviews

"A simply told, compassionate and hugely powerful story."

-- Jill Bennett

"Powerful use of metaphor and of light and dark, pen and watercolour, in a simply told tale."

-- Nicolette Jones

"‘Free as a Bird’ is a gorgeous story, celebrating the importance of compassion, love and a place to call home. Thought-provoking and moving... The illustrations are just delightful, full of charm and character.

A very powerful story, perfect for developing empathy, ‘Free as a Bird’ is a must have!"

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About the Author

Barroux has won many international honours, including the 2005 Prix Enfantasie and the 2015 Prix Médecins Sans Frontières in 2015. Born in Paris, he grew up in Morocco and has also lived in Canada and New York. As well as I Love You, Blue, he is illustrator of Hollis Kurman’s Hello: A Counting Book of Kindnesses (2020) and Counting in Green (2023), also published by Otter-Barry Books. He now lives in Paris.