The Duck and the Darklings (PB)
Author(s): Glenda Millard
WINNER: 2016 WA Premier's Book Awards, Children's Books SHORT-LISTED: 2015 CBCA Picture Book of the Year SHORT-LISTED: 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing! The Duck and the Darklings is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn. Selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven 2015 book.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Allen & Unwin
- : Allen & Unwin Children's Books
- : 01 March 2017
- : 280mm X 210mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Glenda Millard
- : 32
- : English
- : 517
- : Paperback