The feather / written by Margaret Wild ; illustrated by Freya Blackwood.
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TextPublisher: Richmond, VIC : Little Hare Books, an imprint of Hardie Grant Egmont, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760124212 (hardback)Subject(s): Kindness -- Juvenile fiction | Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction | Hope -- Juvenile fiction | Feathers -- Juvenile fiction | Redemption -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: A823.4 Summary: 'Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul' - Emily Dickinson. This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Northam | Popular authors and series | JK WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111071187080 |
3+ years.
'Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul' - Emily Dickinson. This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. 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.
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