Publisher's synopsis
A beautiful hardcover edition of the classic picture book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this compelling drama about friendship, loyalty, risk and betrayal.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] Through the charred forest, over hot ash, runs Dog with a bird clamped in his big, gentle mouth. He takes her to his cave above the river and there he tries to tend her burnt wing: but Magpie does not want his help.
‘I will never again be able to fly,’ she whispers.
‘I know,’ says Dog.
He is silent for a moment, and then he says, ‘I am blind in one eye but life is still good.’ [/perfectpullquote]
An injured magpie and a one-eyed dog live happily together in the forest, until a jealous fox arrives to teach them what it means to be alone.
This breathtaking picture book has won acclaim around the world: CBCA Picture Book of the Year; two Premiers’ literary awards; honours in Germany, Brazil, Japan; a shortlisting for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK, and more.
Awards
- Winner, APA Design Awards, Scholastic Australia Best, 2000, AU
- Winner, NSW Premier’s Literary Award, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature, 2001, AU
- Winner, Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, Best Children’s Book, 2001, AU
- Winner, Japan School Library Association, Best Translated Picture Book, 2001, JP
- Winner, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Germany’s Premier Children’s Book awards), Children’s Picture Book, 2004, DE
- Winner, IBBY, Best Translation for Children, 2002, BR
- Winner, IBBY Honour Diploma, Illustration, 2002, AU
- Shortlisted, Kate Greenaway Medal, 2000, GB
- Winner, CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2001, 2001, AU
