Age Group: 3 - 6 Years, 6 - 9 Years

Description:

A young boy grows up watching his father chase an all-consuming dream — to build wings and claim the sky. The father toils endlessly, launching himself from the rocky cliffs above the sea, failing again and again, yet never able to set the longing aside. Then the call of war takes him away, and he does not come back. Years pass. The boy becomes a man, and finds himself returning quietly to his father's scattered drawings and abandoned experiments — until, at last, he completes what his father could not, and soars. Winner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2011, FArTHER is a breathtakingly beautiful picture book — part myth, part meditation on love, loss, and legacy. Grahame Baker-Smith's luminous photographic collage illustrations, steeped in both realism and dreamlike grandeur, make this an unforgettable tribute to the dreams that pass between generations.