The Magic Feather by Julia Donaldson

The Magic Feather by Julia Donaldson

By Julia Donaldson (author) , Catherine Rayner (illustrator)

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A rhyming fairy-tale adventure about the magic of nature and caring for our environment from the Number One bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and Catherine Rayner, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration.

Imagine if you could speak to birds . . . that's just what happens to one young girl when she is given a magic feather that transforms their trills and twitters into words - and she discovers that they need her help!

Join her as she embarks on an amazing journey across the sea to save their nests from the queen's woodcutters in The Magic Feather.A stunningly illustrated book with a wonderful rhyming tale about magic, nature and looking after our environment from the creators of The Go-Away Bird .

Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.

Her other books include Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Hospital Dog, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures, illustrated by Lydia Monks.

Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle series, illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand.

She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature.

Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.

Click here to read a Q & A with Julia.

Author photo © Steve Ullathorne

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A rhyming fairy-tale adventure about the magic of nature and caring for our environment from the Number One bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and Catherine Rayner, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration. Imagine if you could speak to birds . . . that's just what happens to one young girl when she is given a magic feather that transforms their trills and twitters into words - and she discovers that they need her help!

The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Magic Feather and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old

The Magic Feather features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Animal Stories, Stories in Verse, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats: Woodlands and forests, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Wildlife, The Natural World, Children’s / Teenage: General interest

Paperback, Hardback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.

The Magic Feather was written by Julia Donaldson and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan

The Magic Feather has 32 pages

£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.

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