- Title:
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My Dad's a Birdman
- Written by:
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David Almond
- Read by:
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Malcolm Hamilton
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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1 hours 46 minutes
- Published:
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February 01 2015
- Available Date:
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February 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Children (8+)
- ISBN:
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9781486242962
- Genres:
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Fiction; Children's Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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International bestselling author
Award winning author
Join a father and daughter as they find their wings together in this funny, tender tale from a master of storytelling.
Lizzie is doing her best to behave normally in the face of her father’s announcement that he is going to put on wings and take part in The Great Human Bird Competition. He is day-dreaming, giggling and clearly needs looking after – but Auntie Doreen has arrived to feed the pair dumplings and keep their feet firmly on the ground.
Is Dad’s plan to fly unhinged? Or should we (like Lizzie) have belief, and fly with him into the realms of imagination and creativity – to where a man eats worms, tweets with happiness, flaps his wings – and story takes flight.
The pay-off for the attempt is joy. This charmingly illustrated, funny, fast-paced, seemingly simple story, is also beautifully tender and profound.
'An extraordinary novel … enchantingly funny and subversive … There really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adult fiction today.'
The Times
'A funny, tender tale from the master of contemporary storytelling.'
Publishing News
'This beautiful book … will make children laugh while encouraging them to believe in themselves and others and to tolerate strangeness.'
Publishing News