Take flight in this heartwarming story about a boy who learns to be true to himself at school while following his love of nature.
Matthew Burgess is the author of Enormous Smallness- A Story of E.
E. Cummings, illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo, and The Unbudgeable
Curmudgeon, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock. He has been a
poet-in-residence in New York City elementary schools through the
Teachers & Writers Collaborative since 2001, and he is currently
completing his PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center. His work has
appeared in various magazines and journals, and he recently
received an award from the Fund for Poetry. He teaches creative
writing and composition at Brooklyn College and lives in Brooklyn,
New York. Follow him on Twitter at @MatthewBurgess.
Shahrzad Maydani is an illustartor and storyteller living and
working in Berkeley, CA. She was raised in Africa by an Iranian
mother and English father and spent her childhood collecting and
telling stories. She now spends her days frantically making up
worlds to keep her toddler happy. Follow her on Twitter
@shazmaydani and on Instagram @shahrzadmaydani.
"Nico’s vulnerability and his calm self-confidence are a heady, relatable, contradictory combination of qualities that we all possess but don’t often recognize. This is a powerful and effective message, and readers are in for a treat.” —Booklist, starred review
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