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The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
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Description for The Robot and the Bluebird
Paperback. There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter's day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has. Num Pages: 32 pages, chiefly col. ill. BIC Classification: YBC. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 233 x 272 x 6. Weight in Grams: 196.
There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter's day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing and companionship stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has; he carries her across snowy wastes to the warm south, whereupon his strength dies out finally. And there he still stands today like an old hollow tree, home every year to ... Read more
There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter's day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing and companionship stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has; he carries her across snowy wastes to the warm south, whereupon his strength dies out finally. And there he still stands today like an old hollow tree, home every year to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842707326
SKU
V9781842707326
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About David Lucas
David Lucas was born in 1966 in Middlesborough, in the north of England. He grew up in Hackney, in East London, and studied illustration at the Royal College of Art. He lives and works in London.
Reviews for The Robot and the Bluebird
"Beautifully illustrated story about a robot whose broken heart is healed by the companionship of a little bluebird"
Nursery World
"Offbeat talent in a world reminiscent of Tim Burton's."
Observer
"A poignant book...It's simple pictures steer the story away from sentimentality, and its readers will take a while to grow out of it."
Telegraph
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Nursery World
"Offbeat talent in a world reminiscent of Tim Burton's."
Observer
"A poignant book...It's simple pictures steer the story away from sentimentality, and its readers will take a while to grow out of it."
Telegraph
... Read more