The Girl Who Loved the Birds

The Girl who Loved the Birds by Joseph Dandurand and Elinor Atkins is a simple beautiful story of connection.

A Kwantlen girl spends time in the forest near her home and provides for the birds who live there. She offers sticks, bread, moss and fish to her feathered friends and at the end of her life, the winged creatures help her into the next life.

In this beautiful and simple story, Joseph Dandurand highlights the importance of connections and kinship with the world around us. In the story, the girl provided for the birds in the forest and they, in turn, provided for the girl as she grew into a young and then old woman. Readers will understand the necessity of living in harmony with the natural world, the give and take that occurs as we all live together in symbiotic ecosystems. 

Elinor Atkins watercolour woodland style illustrations are gorgeous. She illustrates beautiful full page spreads filled with the natural world and the Kwantlen girl further strengthening the reader's understanding of connection and kinship.