Marion Deuchars
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Laurence King, 2018, 978-1-78627-070-2
Bob the bird’s best friend is Bat, and the two animals
are inseparable. They play games together, dance together, have tea parties,
and best of all they paint together. Then one day Bat disappears and he leaves
a note for Bird saying that he has to “go away for a while.” Bird is bereft
without his friend. He mopes around until he decides to paint. Everything he
paints is blue. He paints a blue banana, a blue orange, and a blue tree. For
Bird there is “a big blue hole where Bat used to be.”
When Cat and Owl
come to Bird to have their portraits done they are rather disappointed to see
that Bird has painted them blue too. Bird’s friends decide that something has
to be done to pull Bird out of his state of blueness.
When a friend
goes away our lives can really be turned upside down. Suddenly nothing feels
quite right, and we don’t know what to do with ourselves when our bestie isn’t
around to share everything. In this sweet picture book Marion Deuchars explores,
with sensitivity and touches of humor, what it feels like to miss a friend. As
the story unfolds we see how important it is to try to hold onto the good
things even when we are feeling sad.
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