Mel Fell
A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 2, 2021
A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable Book of the Year!
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- Who it’s for
- A sideways, upside-down reading adventure follows a little bird’s fall and flight toward confidence.
- Themes
- Self-confidence, Taking a leap of faith
- Genres
- Bird Stories, Self-Esteem & Resilience, Big Feelings
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A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable Book of the Year! An innovative and charming tale about a plucky little bird, from the award-winning author-illustrator of Fox the Tiger. Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith. Sometimes, you might fall down, down, down, before you learn to fly up, up, up…
A Turn of Flight
A sideways, upside-down reading adventure follows a little bird’s fall and flight toward confidence.
Come here for
- A playful reading experience that asks you to turn the book
- A gentle story about confidence and taking a leap of faith
Expect
- A little bird’s journey from falling to flying
- Words that echo the rhythm of falling down and flying up
Where it sits
| Bird Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| Self-Esteem & Resilience | 78% |
| Big Feelings | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bird Stories
- Fox Stories
- Baby Animals
- New Baby Stories
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- Interactive Adventures
- Nature & Wildlife
- Magic & Fantasy
- New Experiences
- Authors
- Corey R. Tabor
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 2, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-confidence · Taking a leap of faith
- Reading lane
- Bird Stories