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Synopsis
Fly, Eagle, Fly! is a stirring tale of hope, written by by Christopher Gregorowski for his dying child. Adapted from an African fable, this touching tale has inspired countless children and adults on its way to becoming the most famous picture-book story in South African children's literature. The basic parable tells of an African farmer who finds an abandoned eagle chick and takes it back to his farm. As the young eagle grows up among the chickens, it imagines that it is a chicken. A friend of the farmer notices the now grown eagle and tries to persuade the bird to fly, but fails twice. For third attempt, the friend persuades the farmer to carry the bird to the top of a mountain in the darkness of night. As th dawn rises, the eagle spreads its great wings, launches itself forward, and flies ... "lost to sight in the brightness of the rising sun, never again to live among the chickens."
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About the Author
Christopher Gregorowski worked for many years among the Xhosa people in Transkei, South Africa, as an Anglican priest. There he discovered the story of Fly, Eagle, Fly in the biography of Aggrey of Africa, who visited West and Southern Africa in the 1920s from his teaching post in North America. He decided to rewrite the story for his terminally ill daughter, Rosalind. Christopher is Bishop of Table Bay in South Africa. Niki Daly has won many awards for his exuberant work. His groundbreaking Not So fast Songololo (1986), winner of a U.S Parent's Choice Award, paved the way for post-apartheid South African children's books. Since then, he has been published across the globe and has visited and presented talks in several countries. Among his many Frances Lincoln books, Once Upon a Time was an Honor Winner in the US Children's Africana Book Awards of 2004. Jamela's Dress - first in the Jamela series - was another milestone book, chosen by the ALA as a Notable Children's Book and by Booklist as one of the Top 10 African American Picture Books of 2000, and winning both the Children's Literature Choice Award and the Parent's Choice Silver Award. Niki lives with his wife, the illustrator Jude Daly, in Mowbray, a bustling Cape Town suburb.
Review
"The people, the birds and the glorious landscape are beautifully portrayed in Niki Daly's loose but authoritative brush drawings" Books for Keeps
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- PublisherTafelberg Publishers
- ISBN 10 062403903X
- ISBN 13 9780624039037
- BindingPaperback
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