Dear Olly
4 journalers for this copy...
Arrived this morning from Amazon.
A book by one of my favourite children's authors.
A book by one of my favourite children's authors.
As Olly waits for her brother's letters, she watches the swallows preparing to leave for the winter.
Hero the swallow starts his long journey to Africa, not knowing the terrible dangers he will meet on the way.
And when Matt sees the children in the African Orphanage - sick, injured and lonely - he knows he's made the right decisions, but he could never could have dreamt of what was going to happen to him there...
Hero the swallow starts his long journey to Africa, not knowing the terrible dangers he will meet on the way.
And when Matt sees the children in the African Orphanage - sick, injured and lonely - he knows he's made the right decisions, but he could never could have dreamt of what was going to happen to him there...
This lovely book is heading off on it's travels as a bookring.
It's a short ring but more participants are welcome at any stage.
So far it's
klaradyn in South Africa
and then home to me Smurphie in Scotland in the UK.
I hope you enjoy.
It's a short ring but more participants are welcome at any stage.
So far it's
klaradyn in South Africa
and then home to me Smurphie in Scotland in the UK.
I hope you enjoy.
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Heading off to klaradyn.
Enjoy :o)
Heading off to klaradyn.
Enjoy :o)
Arrived today. Thanks for sending on, Smurphie. Hope that some more readers can be found soon!
Wow, this little book was just as charming as the others by this author that I've read. I cried at the ending, and I wish the book was a little longer!
Released 15 yrs ago (10/18/2008 UTC) at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa
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Will be posted back to Smurphie tomorrow morning.
My book #71 for guinaveve's Keep Them Moving challenge.
Will be posted back to Smurphie tomorrow morning.
My book #71 for guinaveve's Keep Them Moving challenge.
Arrived home this morning.
glad you enjoyed this book.
glad you enjoyed this book.
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Heading off as a RABCk to hakkalina
Heading off as a RABCk to hakkalina
It arrived!!! Thanks Smurphie!
I love its cover so much, even if I have more rings/rays to read, I think I will find place and time to read it soon. I am longing for reading this Morpurgo pearl. :)
Update: 2009.12.25.
I started to read, but about at the middle of book I stopped. It is full with unfamilar words!! I can hardly believe this is a tiny, little book, moreover a children's book... Not if I do not understand, only it disturbs me.
Update: 2010.02.14.
I start to read again, but this time with dictionary... It turned out that the big bunch of new words were refer to the Nature descriptions, to the life of "Hero". :)
** Spoiler **
It is a wonderful story, mostly I loved reading the flying of the swallow, his struggling way to Africa. I was sorry for all the swallows as the predator appeared and started to hunt the weakest birds. I was worried when the hobby falcon was hunting the little Hero, and I wanted Hero to escape somehow, but not that way he managed to do it. .. In one moment the falcon was an enemy, I was angry at him to pursue Hero, in the second moment I was sorry for the falcon, and I was angry at the hunters who shot him.
When I got the book I looked through the drawings, which had already told a story to me, from them I didn't expect this sad end. I was shocked. It is a grief. Even if with the help of Hero, the boy healed his soul, and accepted his life, and found new aims, which is good, to find happiness in the hardest moments. But I am angry at all the military and politics, they should walk in these lands to deactivate the millions of landmines, which they left there and now innocent victims suffer from their effect. The should read this book to feel the grief, pain, despair.. Horrible.
I love its cover so much, even if I have more rings/rays to read, I think I will find place and time to read it soon. I am longing for reading this Morpurgo pearl. :)
Update: 2009.12.25.
I started to read, but about at the middle of book I stopped. It is full with unfamilar words!! I can hardly believe this is a tiny, little book, moreover a children's book... Not if I do not understand, only it disturbs me.
Update: 2010.02.14.
I start to read again, but this time with dictionary... It turned out that the big bunch of new words were refer to the Nature descriptions, to the life of "Hero". :)
** Spoiler **
It is a wonderful story, mostly I loved reading the flying of the swallow, his struggling way to Africa. I was sorry for all the swallows as the predator appeared and started to hunt the weakest birds. I was worried when the hobby falcon was hunting the little Hero, and I wanted Hero to escape somehow, but not that way he managed to do it. .. In one moment the falcon was an enemy, I was angry at him to pursue Hero, in the second moment I was sorry for the falcon, and I was angry at the hunters who shot him.
When I got the book I looked through the drawings, which had already told a story to me, from them I didn't expect this sad end. I was shocked. It is a grief. Even if with the help of Hero, the boy healed his soul, and accepted his life, and found new aims, which is good, to find happiness in the hardest moments. But I am angry at all the military and politics, they should walk in these lands to deactivate the millions of landmines, which they left there and now innocent victims suffer from their effect. The should read this book to feel the grief, pain, despair.. Horrible.
Wibba asked this book on the Rabck forum, since I had it on my AVL shelf, I offered to send it on. Thanks Smurphie to have shared this book with, but now it is time to let it go on, to gain new readers...
Thank you so much for book and the little extras- sorry for not registering sooner
