Great things happen when you reach for the sky. The first thing Gilbert sees when he hatches from his egg is the sky. It is love at first sight and from that moment on Gilbert longs to fly like other birds.But penguins dont fly, they waddle, and Gilbert fails again and again each time he tries to take off. Until his biggest fall leads him to exactly where he needs to be.Born to Fly is a beautiful new edition of thisbeloved story about Gilbert and his quest to find his place in the world.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-18 years.

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2022 by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing .

Jonathan Bentley has been an Editorial Illustrator at the Courier Mail newspaper for ten years, and has illustrated books for Margaret Wild ('The Little Crooked House'), Margaret Allum ('The Best Kind of Kiss) and Michael Ratnett ('The Jelly Monster').