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Gone

Brief Description
An honest and beautiful guide for curious children about life's biggest mystery. My fluttering, chirping, hopping bird was gone. Its body was still there, a silent, feathery shape, but all life had left it. Long or short, every life on earth comes to an end some... Read More
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Gone

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An honest and beautiful guide for curious children about life's biggest mystery.

My fluttering, chirping, hopping bird was gone.

Its body was still there, a silent, feathery shape, but all life had left it.

Long or short, every life on earth comes to an end some day. But what happens when we die?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760764920

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Illustration: Illustrated throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 370g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Michel Streich started his artistic career in his native Germany. He worked as a freelance illustrator in London for several years, finally basing himself in Australia in 2000. Michel works mainly as an editorial and book illustrator. Hundreds of his drawings have featured in numerous German school books, and his work has been published in newspapers and magazines such as The Times, The Financial Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Financial Review, Australian Gourmet Traveller, GQ Magazine, The Big Issue and many others. Michel lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

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