Featuring soft acrylic brush strokes, this collection of beautiful illustrations and thoughtful text depict an adorable, newly born bird going through life stages. Short and simple but full of profound thoughts, this resource pairs art and advice such as the image of the young bird falling down and breaking open its shell with "Falling down can help us free ourselves from the superfluous" and the portrayal of the baby fowl attempting to use a grown bird's discarded feathers to fly withs equipment won't improve your own abilities." Without being a doctrine on how to live life, this tiny gift book offers sincere and touching guidelines for both the young and the young at heart.
Pirkko Vainio is an author and illustrator of children’s books. She has written and illustrated over 30 children’s books, which have been translated into 15 languages.
Vainio studied at the Academy of Art in Helsinki. Her work has been exhibited at the Musee des Beaux Arts in France, the Itabashi Art Museum in Japan, the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in Italy, and several collectives in Scandinavia and Italy. The Finnish Broadcasting Company has made two documentaries on her life and work.
For Those Who Want to Fly is an inspiring book. The story follows a bird who wants to fly. Every page has advice for the bird which can translate to advice for our lives. The moral of the story is, if you want to fly (succeed) you have to work to get there, no shortcuts will do. It is a great book for kids and encouraging them to keep pressing on and working hard to achieve.
"Za tiste, ki hočejo leteti" je slikanica, ki ima izvirne in čudovite risbe. Presenetilo me je, da so risbe boljše od teksta, čeprav je tekst odličen. Knjigica je motivacijska in se dotakne bralca.
pochi libri mi hanno trasmesso tante cose quanto questo, mentre lo leggevo in libreria mi sono messa a piangere e l’ho comprato, ha guarito un po il mio bambino interiore