Glenda Millard is the author of the teen novel The Stars at Oktober Bend, short-listed for the Carnegie Medal in 2017, as well as A Small Free Kiss in the Dark. Stephen Michael King has illustrated, written and designed many picture books for children and collaborated with Glenda on The Duck and the Ducklings, selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven picture book.

... gently and subtly encompasses not just the issue of war and displacement, but also points a finger to climate change and despite serious themes sends out such positivity and hope.Lyrical, poetic and emotive, this is a book of looking after each other, of togetherness and openness and support. Calm, hopeful and full of love, compassion and ‘being there’-ness, I love reading this at bedtime, but it’s also a book that would be perfect for schools. All year groups could get so much from this – it should be in every class.

Glenda Millard is the author of the teen novel The Stars at Oktober Bend, short-listed for the Carnegie Medal in 2017, as well as A Small Free Kiss in the Dark. Stephen Michael King has illustrated, written and designed many picture books for children and collaborated with Glenda on The Duck and the Ducklings, selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven picture book.

... gently and subtly encompasses not just the issue of war and displacement, but also points a finger to climate change and despite serious themes sends out such positivity and hope.Lyrical, poetic and emotive, this is a book of looking after each other, of togetherness and openness and support. Calm, hopeful and full of love, compassion and ‘being there’-ness, I love reading this at bedtime, but it’s also a book that would be perfect for schools. All year groups could get so much from this – it should be in every class.