num_pages: 56
description: In this tale of a young boy an old man and a dauntless pigeon a lyrical text and extraordinary illustrations offer a gorgeous meditation on loneliness belonging and home. A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies s beautiful story an immigrant s tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times is illustrated by an artist who makes the world anew with every picture.
language: English
title: King of the Sky
publisher: Walker Books