Laura Carlin XIV

If you can get a copy of 'The Woman Who Turned Children into Birds' by David Almond, illustrated by Laura Carlin,  published 2022 by Walker Books then do, it is so beautiful and life affirming!

'She made her marks.

She whispered her words.

Then she said,

“Go on. Be happy. Up you go."

I wish all children and children pretending to be adults could be free like this...