Publisher's synopsis
Grandpapa’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.
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Awards
- Short-listed Sakura Medal, for selected books in the reading program across Japan 2017 Japan
- Winner Western Australian Premier’s Book Award – Children’s Books 2016 AU
- Short-listed NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature 2015 AU
- Short-listed The Wilderness Society’s Environmental Award for Children’s Literature, Picture Fiction category 2015 AU
- Short-listed CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2015 2015 AU
- Commended White Raven book 2015 DE
Glenda has written picture books, short stories and novels for children and young adults. The Naming of Tishkin Silk was an Honour Book in the 2004 CBC Awards and shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Layla Queen of Hearts was a winner in the 2007 Queensland Premier’s Awards and was shortlisted in the CBC awards. Kaito’s Cloth was also shortlisted in the 2007 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.
Photo courtesy of Allen & Unwin
Stephen Michael King has been described as an artist who ‘draws from the inside out’, and it is this gentle, intuitive truth that gives heart and playfulness to his work. Stephen Michael King is an internationally renowned, award-winning author and illustrator whose career has spanned over thirty years, producing more that one hundred titles. He has worked with a stable of Australia’s best children’s book authors including Glenda Millard, Margaret Wild, Nick Bland, Peter Carey and Tim Winton. Books that Stephen Michael King has written and illustrated include: Three; Rainbow Bear; Mutt Dog!; Leaf; and Milly, Jack and the Dancing Cat. His books have been translated into over twenty languages, and he is frequently honoured in children’s book award categories – including winning the CBCA Book of the year, and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award.
Photo by Trish Hayes, courtesy of Penguin Random House Australia
