REVIEWED BY WILLIAM, 10, WA (IONA PRESENTATION COLLEGE)
Amira’s Magpie by Kate Gordon, illustrated by Krista Brennan, Wombat Books, ISBN 9781925563986
Alphabet Soup provided a review copy of this book.
“He sings to her, too, and she knows his language.”
Amira’s Magpie is a slow-moving, gentle book of imagination and longing. Amira imagines her magpie flying across the world, to visit her homeland and the family she left behind. From this, and through both words and pictures, we are left to imagine her story.
This book isn’t very long, but it doesn’t need to be, because every thing you need to know comes from the beautiful illustrations and your imagination.
I would recommend this book for people who can read beyond the words, and feel that the character is their own self.
I rate this book: 5 stars.
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