Under the Blanket Sky by Tim Fischer

Under the Blanket Sky by Tim FischerAn extraordinary debut picture book about a boy and his unusual frienda majestic owland a long yet fleeting summer that changes them forever. In the spirit of The Velveteen Rabbit and Robert Frosts poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, here is a heartfelt and luminously illustrated story about friendship and eternal love. A lonely young boy is visited by a mysterious owl one sunny morning, forming an instant bond and a sense of belonging. What follows is a

and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris

a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx

Jack's a bit worried he might not be the hero everyone's waiting for

under the new King

Labhraí's dilemma is given added drama and emotion by Bridget Bhreathnach's soulful retelling and Shona Shirley Macdonald's extraordinary illustrations

with Lair and Domain

travelling with her tribe through the seasons - making camp

the initial effort is a tactical triumph for the West

in the town of Roseville

running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova

A brilliantly constructed consideration of intentions

even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'