The Little Tern: A Story of Insight
by Brooke Newman
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Author: Brooke NewmanIllustrator: Lisa Mann Dirkes
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-02
ISBN: 1587680165
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Hiddenspring
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Summary: 5 Stars
I have been meaning to buy this book for years, knowing that Susan Osborn's spectacular album "Tideline" (CD avail on amazon and as mp3) was written with the themes found in The Little Tern. From the look of the book online, I assumed it to be mostly a picture book, with limited text, but actually it is a small size book with 84 illustrated pages...an elegant "chapter" book. The language is distinctively British. Here's one of the musings of the stranded 'no fly' Tern.
"For these reasons I naturally became a kind of collector on the beach. I collected colours, thoughts and dreams. At night I watched the skies unfold a magical twilight. These stars became companions and, indeed, I made acquaintance with quite a few good ones."
Seriously, there are times in life when everything you know yourself to be is stripped from you or lost. Hurricane, financial ruin, health crisis, divorce, job loss, death of a partner. Who/what are you then? You not only lose the "thing," you seemed to have lost yourself as well. This book (and Susan Osborn's excellent songs in "Tideline") can help bring you through it.
Summary of The Little Tern: A Story of Insight
A beautifully illustrated modern fable in the spirit of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Hope for the FlowersThe Little Tern is the enchanting story of a bird who one day discovers he has lost the ability to fly. Life becomes meaningless and, deserted by his airborne friends, he is left alone on the shore. But then new friends arrive and they bring with them a fresh view on life. Through this experience and the friendships that are formed from it, the Little Tern encounters things he had never noticed before. And soon he realizes that life is much richer than he had previously known and discovers that our real strength comes from our seeming weakness.
An appealing book on many levels:
--beautifully illustrated. --a wonderful all-occasion gift book. --timely theme: how to find hope in disappointing or frustrating circumstances. --for all ages.
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