The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard
The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard
The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard
The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard

The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard

Illustrated by Stephen Michael King

*Winner, Western Australian Premier’s Book Award – Children’s Books, 2016, AU
*Commended, White Raven book, 2015, DE
*Short-listed, CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2015, 2015, AU
*Short-listed, The Wilderness Society’s Environmental Award for Children’s Literature, Picture Fiction category, 2015, AU
*Short-listed, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature , 2015, AU
*Short-listed, Sakura Medal, for selected books in the reading program across Japan, 2017, Japan

 

Peterboy wants to find something special for his grandfather, but he finds a fallen duck in need of care. This is an extraordinary and totally enchanting story of friendship, hope and joy from two very talented, award-winning picture-book makers.

Grandpapa’s eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa’s eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing!

The Duck and the Darklings is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn.


Condition: Excellent condition but with a name stamp to the interior and a name label to the spine.
Format: Hardcover
Age: 3-7

Glenda Millard was born in the Goldfields region of Central Victoria and has lived in the area all her life. It wasn’t until Glenda's four children became teenagers that she began to write in her spare time. She has been writing full-time since 1999 and has published several books for children. Her first book with Walker Books Australia, Isabella’s Garden, has been awarded Honour Book in the Picture Book of the Year category in the 2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, and has won a Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award, Best Book for Language Development, Lower Primary Category (5-8 years), 2010; and has been shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Children’s Book – Mary Ryan Award, 2010.

tephen Michael King has been described as an artist who ‘draws from the inside out’, and it is this gentle, intuitive truth that gives heart and playfulness to his work. Stephen Michael King is an internationally renowned, award-winning author and illustrator whose career has spanned over thirty years, producing more that one hundred titles. He has worked with a stable of Australia’s best children’s book authors including Glenda Millard, Margaret Wild, Nick Bland, Peter Carey and Tim Winton. Books that Stephen Michael King has written and illustrated include: Three; Rainbow Bear; Mutt Dog!; Leaf; and Milly, Jack and the Dancing Cat. His books have been translated into over twenty languages, and he is frequently honoured in children’s book award categories – including winning the CBCA Book of the year, and the Prime Minister’s Literary Award.

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