The sun is rising, and the birds are waking up. As the day dawns and the light gets brighter they all join together to sing in the Great Dawn Choir.
‘The magpies take the lead’ singing Ordle! Ordle! Ordle! There are the raucous cockatoos bobbing this way and that, swaying as they Caw, Caw, Caw! The noisy and excited rainbow lorikeets gather together on a branch with their sharp Tweet Tweet, Tweet! There are the clever lyrebirds who can copy everyone, singing all the tunes, a choir of their own!
As we turn the pages we laugh loudly with the kookaburras, chitter with the blue wrens, woo woo with the crested pigeons and make a long arh with the crows.
The Great Dawn Choir is a simple and beautifully illustrated book. Lots of fun is to be had making the sounds of each of the birds aloud as we turn the pages. Finally, we can all join in as the birds sing together. Just lovely.
Reviewed by Jane Stephens
Age Guide 4+
Sarah Speedie
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
Sarah Speedie is an internationally published children’s author. She loves to write inspiring and uplifting stories that entertain and spark the imagination.
Cindy Lane is an award-winning artist and illustrator, with a passion for the natural world. Nature provides Cindy with inspiration as well as materials to make her own paints, which she has used in this book. She is also the illustrator of Oceans at Night.
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