Bluebird
What's Bluebird About
“Like nothing you have seen before,” raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the universal themes of loneliness, bullying, and the importance of friendship. In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated as they follow the journey of a bluebird as he develops a friendship with a young boy and ultimately risks his life to save the boy from harm. Both simple and evocative, this timeless and profound story will resonate with readers young and old. Bob Staake has been working on this book for 10 years, and he believes it is the story he was born to write.
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The Creative Behind the Book
Bob Staake has written and/or illustrated more than fifty books, including The Red Lemon, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. His work has graced the cover of The New Yorker more than a dozen times, and his November 17, 2008, Barack Obama victory cover was named the Best Magazine Cover of the Year by Time magazine. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780375870378
- Publication Date
- April 9, 2013
- Publisher
- Schwartz & Wade Books
- Illustration Details
- The illustrations in this book were rendered in Adobe Photoshop.
- Page Count
- 40 0
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2012007043
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 1047564736
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