Agent: Gillian Mackenzie, Gillian Mackenzie Agency. Award-winning illustrator Bob Staake (Bluebird and The Red Lemon) brings us an emotionally rich picture book about a boy who discovers that the search for. In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the. It’s possible (though not necessary) to attach the suggestion of an afterlife to the final pages, but believers and skeptics alike will find something deeply impressive and moving in this work of a singular, fully committed talent. Like nothing you have seen before, raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.
He vividly evokes a Manhattanlike landscape that’s overwhelming, yet full of potential, and he gives full visual voice to the boy’s emotions there are several moments when Staake stops the action and lets his audience savor how the bird has transformed the boy. Staake (Bugs Galore!) propels his story forward with steady assurance, using a largely gray palette, geometric shapes, and comics-style framing. But when bullies kill the bird-a truly shocking moment-the story sheds its simple yearning and wishfulness (with the bird as a kind of feathered fairy godmother) and deepens into an eloquent affirmation of love, faith, and the persistence of goodness.
The bird helps the boy perk up after a rough day at school and then connects him to some friendly children at a sailboat pond. In this wordless story, a shy boy finds a winged mentor in a cheery bluebird.
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