![]() ![]() ‘Aviary Wonders Inc.’ is by far one of the most creative books we have ever encountered.” Kirkus judges praised Samworth’s presentation of “environmental issues in a clever and whimsical way,” finding the book “original, highly unexpected, beautiful, and thought-provoking. He determines to repopulate the world’s birds, founding a company to maufacture parts for rejuvenation, the result a dizzying display of bird possibilities and the claim of “Renewing the World’s Bird Supply Since 2013.”ĭelightfully illustrated in oil, ink, graphite and colored pencil, Samworth’s imaginative, informative, wry and often sly concept, won the new and esteemed Kirkus Prize for young readers’ literature in 2014. warns of the world’s decline in birds, telling the story of Alfred Wallis who goes to Brazil to scout new forests for his family’s logging company and there confronts the devastating loss of bird species and habitats. Readers also can teach their fledglings to fly and choose the perfect chirps, whistles and trills for their flights. ![]() ![]() In Aviary Wonders Inc., Samworth offers environmentalists and bird lovers of all ages, a mail order “catalog” from which to choose a colorful array of anatomy parts to assemble into unique and beautiful birds. ![]() A world without feathered wings red, gold and green.Īrtist Kate Samworth did, in fact, imagine such a future world and came up with her own creative solution. A world without bird beaks, long, sharp and charmingly curved. ![]()
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