‘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.
- Shortlisted for the 2019 CBCA Picture Book of the Year and the 2019 Prime Minister's Literary Award
- ISBN10 1760124214
- ISBN13 9781760124212
- Publish Date 1 February 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Hardie Grant Egmont
- Imprint Little Hare
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English