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The Duck and the Darklings


School year: Year 1, Year 2

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No. of pages 32

Published: 2014

Great for age 3-8 years

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WINNER: 2016 WA Premier's Book Awards, Children's BooksSHORT-LISTED: 2015 CBCA Picture Book of the YearSHORT-LISTED: 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's LiteratureGrandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing!The Duck and the Darklings is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn.Selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven 2015 book.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Murdoch Books .

Glenda Millard is an award-winning Australian author. She wrote A Small Free Kiss in the Dark after seeing n article about people who survive on what other people waste. Anna Fienberg is the author of many popular and award-winning books for children of all ages. Stephen Michael King is a very well respected and popular illustrator, who has created Figaro and Rumba just as Anna imagined them.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Children's Book Council of Australia Awards - Book Of the Year - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year - Picture Book category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

Wilderness Society Environment Award
This book was recognised by the Wilderness Society Environment Award.

White Raven Award
This book was recognised by the White Raven Award.

Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Children's Books
This book was recognised in the Children's Books category by the Western Australian Premier's Book Award.