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Small Bird’s Big Adventure
Illustrated by Wesley van Eeden
Written by Nick Mulgrew
Designed by Jennifer Jacobs
Edited by Bongani Kona
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 19 November 2016.
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Wesley van Eeden ˙ Nick Mulgrew ˙ Jennifer Jacobs

Small Bird was a small bird.
He was very small and very birdy.

Small Bird lived in a beautiful house with the Giant. Small Bird loved the Giant very much.
She was a kind Giant.
She gave Small Bird lots of toys.

Small Bird was sad when
the Giant wasn’t around.
So one day Small Bird went
to go find the Giant.

Small Bird flew up and up until he could
see the whole world.
He wanted to find the Giant.
Where would he land?

Small Bird landed in a huge forest, filled with trees and flowers and treasure.
Small Bird loved playing with the shiny jewels! But where was the Giant?

Small Bird walked into a vast field of snow.
The snow was white and soft.
Small Bird loved rolling around on the cool ground. But where was the Giant?

This time, Small Bird flew
even higher into the sky.
He flew among the stars and galaxies!
He saw the moon! He saw a comet!
But where was the Giant?

From way up high, with his sharp birdy eyes,
Small Bird saw something!
What could it be?

Small Bird dived down, down, down.
Where would he land?

Small Bird landed right in the Giant’s hands!
He was so happy to see her.
“I love you, Giant!” he shrieked.

The Giant held Small Bird close to her.
“I love you too,” the Giant said.