A Swift Return by Fiona Barker

A Swift Return is a children genre about environment and nature. . The illustrations are beautiful and really work with the story. The story is about Aria who is in her own world and Yusuf has his feet firmly on the ground. They both have to work together to save a bird who is lost and something magical happens. This is a beautiful story and is written well. I feel children will love reading this with their parents. A swift return is heart-warming to read that will educate children about birds, what to do to help them. The words are written in English, but I like how there is Arabic below. It's good for children to see a different language written down. This is an entertaining read that children will love. 5 stars.Thank you @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Blurb Aria has her head in the clouds. Yusuf keeps his feet on the ground. But when they work together to save a bird who has lost her way, something magical happens. When Swift loses her way on her epic migration. Aria and Yusuf come to her rescue and are inspired to think big about looking after the sky above their city. Inspired by Fiona and Howard’s love for wildlife of all kinds, A Swift Return is the follow-up to Setsuko and the Song of the Sea. Howard’s beautiful illustrations evoke a strong sense of place, strengthened by the beautiful Arabic text distilled by Maysoon AbuBlan. About the Author Fiona is a middle-aged, married mum of one. She is positively potty about picturebooks; reading them and writing them. When writing, she longs for alliterative loveliness but is reluctant to rhyme. When reading, she looks for a marriage of words and artwork and loves anything that is fun to read aloud. Fiona loves doing school author visits and speaking to adults about picture books and children's publishing. Visit www.fionabarker.co.uk for details of forthcoming events.