Description: In a poignant and lavishly illustrated storybook, two revered creators give wing to the ancient Irish tale of a wild child with a heart of gold. In lean times, a boy's parents send him to a monastery to be cared for. After study and prayer, the monks let young Kevin run and play in the woods and fields. But the time comes when he must set aside childish ways. Shut in his lonely cell, yearning for home and the freedom of the outdoors, Kevin reaches through the window toward the light as two blackbirds land in and feather the nest of his hands. Kevin waits, day after day, for their eggs to hatch, and it's not until the chicks spread tiny wings and fly off--three new wild things gone out into the world--that he can rest and the monks can see what they must do. In a moving first collaboration, a Hans Christian Andersen Award winner and a two-time Kate Greenaway Medal winner transform a traditional Irish tale--about the love of nature and the mercies of letting go--and make it soar.
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Book Title: Kevin and the Blackbirds
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations, Imagination & Play, Animals / Birds
Illustrator: Lynch, P. J.
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 15 oz
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: David Almond
Item Width: 11.4 in
Format: Picture Book
