MY DAD'S A BIRDMAN

Author:  David Almond Illustrator: Polly Dunbar Age: 9+ Pages: 160 pg. Size: 13 x 19 cm Join a father and daughter as they find their wings together and take to the skies in this funny, tender tale from the master of contemporary storytelling. 🇬🇧 Description: A warm and wonderfully wacky tale told with heart and hope by the Carnegie award winning author David Almond. Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot dumplings. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly? The Great Human Bird Competition of course! Review It's a story about love and it gives the reader a wonderful sense of joy about what it means to be alive. You will have read nothing else quite like it. —Independent Bookshop Week supplement, The Guardian