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Flight

Winner of the 2016 Children's Book Council Picture Book Award

Winner of the 2016 Children's Book Council Picture Book Award

This week 56H and 56S read and discussed the picture story book, Flight. Students used  their prediction skills and also discussed how images add extra meaning to texts. A point of discussion was also that picture story books are not just meant for young children and can be enjoyed by all. Indeed the content of some picture story books is sometimes not appropriate for younger readers. 

Tonight is the night.

The family has to flee.

They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood. 

Set in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times. Their journey is beset by heat and thirst, threatening tanks and the loss of their donkey, but eventually they reach a refugee camp where they can wait in safety for asylum in another country. 

In this first-time collaboration between multi-award-winning author, Nadia Wheatley, and internationally-renowned illustrator, Armin Greder, words and images blend seamlessly to take readers on a journey they will never forget.