Author(s): Octavie Wolters (Illustrator); Michele Hutchison (Translator)

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A starling asks all the other birds for advice on what to include in its song

The blossom blowing in the wind, the snow-capped mountains, the coat of a roe deer... From up in the air, everything looks so beautiful to the starling. He wants to sing about it to the world! But first he visits all the other birds, who each have something to add to his song.

This stunningly illustrated story reminds us of the endless beauty that can be found in the everyday, if only we look closely enough.

Review: 'Inspires conversations with kids about the beauty of the small things' - De Volkskrant

'Every spread is a work of art' - Mark Janssen

Author Biography: Octavie Wolters is a writer and artist, mainly working in lino and woodcut. The Starling's Songwon a Dutch Silver Paintbrush award, was shortlisted for the Jan Wouters Award and longlisted for the World Illustration Award.

Translated from the Dutch by Michelle Hutchison