Quiet

by Tom Percival

paperback

ISBN: 9781471173912

This beautifully illustrated picture flat sees acclaimed author/illustrators, Percival and Jones, collaborate for the first time.  It tells the tale of a tiny bird, living in a richly inhabited forest, whose little voice is no match for his noisy companions.  And so, he spends his time in silence, often flying out into the quiet sky to be alone.  But because he is quiet, he has an ability to hear in a way that the other birds and animals don’t and so he is the one to realise the mechanical diggers are coming – to destroy the trees and their home.  Suddenly, he has to find the courage to speak out – to warn the others. Once they hear him, they are also prepared to listen to his plan to defeat the machines – for all the living creatures to come together, confront the danger and protest – in silence… Their quiet composure works, and the machines turn around and rumble into the distance.  A moving tale, illustrating that “Every voice should be heard, for the smallest voice can deliver the biggest message”.