Fly Away Home

<p><strong>Driven from her nest, Little Bird crosses paths with other migrating animals, including humans, looking for a safe place to call home.</strong></p><p>Reading like a modern nursery rhyme, <em>Fly Away Home</em> begins with a family of birds launched into exile as “a troubling of hummingbirds / brings news of beyond” and “the deceit of lapwings drives its family to roam.”</p><p>Author Betty Quan gives animals thought-provoking collective nouns (a charm of goldfinches, a flamboyance of flamingoes) — some real, some invented — while Akin Duzakin’s simple yet suggestive illustrations spark curiosity about the characters Little Bird encounters.</p><p>On the wing, Little Bird witnesses the mass migrations of other animals: monarch butterflies, caribou, sea turtles — and human, too, including one little girl with a pink backpack. After her family finds asylum, Little Bird meets the little girl on a balcony in a new city — a safe nest for both at last.</p><p>With the world witnessing an unprecedented level of migration—for greater opportunities or because of conflicts and climate change — and over forty million international migrants under the age of twenty, <em>Fly Away Home</em> offers families and classrooms a hopeful entry to a complex topic.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Text Features</strong></p><p>illustrations</p>