The Song of the Tree
A lyrical, heart-warming new tale from the award-winning designer and creator of The Fox and the Star.
Bird loves to sing in the towering tree at the heart of the jungle. It feels like home. When the season changes she must say goodbye, but she isn't ready to let go. As she listens to the other animals, Bird learns to sing a new song.
Published in the UK by Particular Books, Penguin Random House
Hardback published March 2020.
Paperback published March 2021.
Translated into Italian by Adriano Salani Editore
Translated into German by Insel
Translated into french by Gallimard Jeunesse
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Awards & Commendations:
Nominated for the CLIP Kate Greenaway medal 2021
Bologna Children’s Book Fair - Finalist Illustrator for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition 2021
3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Gold in Professional Award 2020
Communication Arts Magazine Annual Design Competition Winner 2020
Communication Arts Magazine Annual Illustration Competition Winner 2021
Reviews:
The Financial Times
‘In The Song of the Tree, a bird decides to stay in a tree rather than migrate at the turn of the season. In beautiful woodcut-style images, Coralie Bickford-Smith depicts nature at its most majestic and tells a lovely fable about belonging.’- JAMES LOVEGROVE
Creative Review
‘A heart-warming and exquisitely-illustrated story, for Bickford-Smith The Song of the Tree is a celebration about the world around us and the importance of the natural world at a time when we need it the most.’
Angels and Urchins Magazine
‘Never have the woods looked more beautiful than in this exquisite new fable about growing up, exploring the world and understanding where you belong.’
Observer
‘Another exquisite, clothbound tale from Coralie Bickford-Smith... [her] illustrations are so vivid and patterned, reminiscent of traditional African wax prints, that each page feels alive. The night-time stars and fireflies sparkle, though there's no glitter or foil used, while elsewhere the text swoops bird-like across the page.’
The Dulwich Diverter
‘The Song of the Tree is a stunningly illustrated fable for our times.’
Love Reading
’Wonderful, poetically told . . . beautifully designed on the page to match the spirit of the words, tells of the importance of shelter and its power to encourage confidence and tolerance as well as empowering development and independence. The interdependence of the bird and the tree in this story is a beautiful telling of a universal theme’ - JULIA ECCLESHARE
