It’s the picture book equivalent of “this is not normal,” and it places a premium on paying attention.” One local bird is unnerved by the development others simply accept it. “Have you ever felt (recently, perhaps) that things have changed in dramatic, even unsettling, ways? And that not everyone fully appreciates the significance of those changes? Then this is the book for you, a smart allegory about a strange fog that descends on an island. Come for the charming bird-girl friendship stay for Pak’s soft-focus, velvety artwork.” “It’s as if Maclear is communicating to readers, albeit with the lightest of touches, that the first step to taking care of our crowded planet, which we humans are polluting by the second, is to notice. A song about sharing that’s sure to lift readers’ spirits as well.” “Reaching out lifts both fog and spirits it brightens days and nights.
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