*A gentle, effective presentation of grieving and moving on.
Visit him online at jessmcgeachin.com and drawthemoon.com..
Drawing on a love of natural history (and a day job at Melbourne Museum) Jess hopes that his stories inspire the reader to explore both real and imaginary places and meet the characters that live in them.
He loves telling stories about hidden worlds just outside our own, and hiding clues in them for small eyes to find. --Publishers Weekly About author(s): Jess McGeachin is a writer/illustrator/designer based in Melbourne.
Praise for When We Fly The core of author-illustrator McGeachin\'s poignant, fantastical tale is grounded in sobering reality, as Lucy\'s father helps her come to terms with the knowledge that not everything is fixable, but he also teaches her that moving forward is possible with the support of loved ones.
A tender and loving story about loss, healing, and the special connection between fathers and daughters.
So When Lucy finds a tiny bird with a broken wing, she\'s sure she can fix him too--but not everything that\'s broken can be fixed.
It\'s just the two of them, after all.
And Lucy is happy to help her dad; they share a special bond.
Lucy has always been good at fixing things--the wonky mailbox, broken watches, even Dad\'s old binoculars. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A beautiful father-daughter story celebrating love, loss, and healing, and one bird\'s broken wing that may prove impossible to fix. *A gentle, effective presentation of grieving and moving on
