The Comet

When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts to glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before . but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel at home.From the award-winning Joe Todd-Stanton, comes an exquisite and heartfelt picture book touching on the bewildering experience of moving house. This beautiful story explores how this can affect a child's sense of belonging, but also how it can open them up to new and wonderful experiences.

“"A lovely story to share with anyone who is struggling to find comfort in a new situation." --STARRED REVIEW School Library Journal "A beautiful book. In both it's glorious evocative artwork but also in it's storytelling." -The Book Bairn Included in the CBC's May 2022 Hot Off the Press reading list”

A luminously beautiful picture book, full of bittersweet farewell feelings, about learning to welcome the new. The Guardian
A breathtakingly intricate picture book with so much to discover on every page. -- Briony May Smith
A beautiful book -- Claire Cavanagh, BBC Radio Bristol

Joe Todd-Stanton is from Brighton and grew up drawing with his mum. He studied Illustration at the University of the West of England, afterwards moving to London where he currently lives. His children's book, The Secret of Black Rock, won the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and since then he has written and illustrated seven books with Flying Eye Books.

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