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The Little Wing Giver
How the first angel came to be.
There was a time when neither birds nor butterflies nor insects had wings. Then one day, out of nowhere, a little boy appeared. He carried a basketful of wings and traveled far and wide, calling out,
"Come get your wings.
Beautiful wings!
Come get your wings
And fly, fly, fly!"
Soon the sky was filled with sound and color! But the resentful wind hurled the Little Wing Giver's basket into the ocean. Saddened and exhausted, the Little Wing Giver lay down for the night to rest. Birds gathered round him and tried everything they could to rouse him. It was only by chance that a curious magpie found a forgotten pair of wings in the Little Wing Giver's pocket and attached them to his shoulders. With a flap of his new wings, he flew up into the sky. "And it was on seeing the Little Wing Giver flying toward Him through a sunlit cloud that gave God the idea of creating angels.
This magical tale, captured in whimsical full-color illustrations, is sure to enchant readers young and old alike.
There was a time when neither birds nor butterflies nor insects had wings. Then one day, out of nowhere, a little boy appeared. He carried a basketful of wings and traveled far and wide, calling out,
"Come get your wings.
Beautiful wings!
Come get your wings
And fly, fly, fly!"
Soon the sky was filled with sound and color! But the resentful wind hurled the Little Wing Giver's basket into the ocean. Saddened and exhausted, the Little Wing Giver lay down for the night to rest. Birds gathered round him and tried everything they could to rouse him. It was only by chance that a curious magpie found a forgotten pair of wings in the Little Wing Giver's pocket and attached them to his shoulders. With a flap of his new wings, he flew up into the sky. "And it was on seeing the Little Wing Giver flying toward Him through a sunlit cloud that gave God the idea of creating angels.
This magical tale, captured in whimsical full-color illustrations, is sure to enchant readers young and old alike.
- GenresPicture BooksFantasy
30 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2001
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January 18, 2019
An interesting take on the origin of angels.
The little wing giver had the task of handing out wings to all the creatures on Earth. One day after a very tiring day he fell asleep on a beach. The wind was jealous of all the creatures who had wings so it blew and threw the basket of wings into the sea. The little boy was depressed and fell into a deep sleep . All the creatures he had given wings to tried to wake up him but couldn't. In the end they find one last pair of wings that didn't fall into the sea and they give him to the boy, who flies up into the sky becoming the first angel.
The little wing giver had the task of handing out wings to all the creatures on Earth. One day after a very tiring day he fell asleep on a beach. The wind was jealous of all the creatures who had wings so it blew and threw the basket of wings into the sea. The little boy was depressed and fell into a deep sleep . All the creatures he had given wings to tried to wake up him but couldn't. In the end they find one last pair of wings that didn't fall into the sea and they give him to the boy, who flies up into the sky becoming the first angel.
August 14, 2018
Bittersweet story.
April 9, 2011
The illustrations are nothing to write home about but I suppose the simpleness of the art works with the story in a way. (I will admit that the drawings of the ducks and others without wings are some of the cutest images I've ever seen.)
The story itself is rather beautiful. When God first created the world, before the winged creatures we know had their wings, there was a little boy. No one knows where he came from or why he did what he did. A few ideas are mentioned in the story, among them the idea that possibly God "forgot" to give these creatures their wings and sent the little boy to do so, that the little boy was born inside a flower one morning, etc. It's never directly said and is left to the readers imagination which I liked very much.
The little boy covers the world over, handing out all sorts of different wings to different creatures. His bag of wings never empties.
Another special part of the book for me and Julia (she didn't like the beginning she said but by this time was fully invested) was about how the animals reciprocated. The nightingale sang him a song. The bullfinch gave him a wink. And so on and so on. Very nice chance for discussions about how "thanks" don't always have to be in the form we may want them to be.
After all of the animals and insects that we know with wings had their nice, shiny, new wings, the little wing giver grew tired and stopped to rest. The wind had grown jealous of the wings given out so he took the basket and blew it out into the ocean. The story goes on to say that those wings, stirring and mixing in the ocean water, are what gives the oceans it's rushing waves. The wings are trying to raise themselves to fly away... and can't.
The little boy is filled with sadness when he wakes to find his basket of wings missing. A caterpillar helps him put things into perspective. 'Instead of thinking about what you *can't* do, think about what you *can* do.' One of the poppy flowers hears this exchange and offers the petals of her flower to the wing giver for the caterpillar.
The next morning many of the animals tried to wake the little wing giver and could not. The story ends with a magpie finding two dove wings in the boys pocket. With the help of some other birds they attach these wings to the boys back and stand back to watch. The little wing giver flapped his wings and soard into the sky, giving God the idea for angels.
I'm not sure that there's too much wrong with this story. I'm not the most religious person in the world, in fact, I can hardly even be called religious. But this story has a multitude of great aspects to it. Great calls for discussions, great lines in the story, etc. I only wish the illustrations had been more to my liking.
The story itself is rather beautiful. When God first created the world, before the winged creatures we know had their wings, there was a little boy. No one knows where he came from or why he did what he did. A few ideas are mentioned in the story, among them the idea that possibly God "forgot" to give these creatures their wings and sent the little boy to do so, that the little boy was born inside a flower one morning, etc. It's never directly said and is left to the readers imagination which I liked very much.
The little boy covers the world over, handing out all sorts of different wings to different creatures. His bag of wings never empties.
Another special part of the book for me and Julia (she didn't like the beginning she said but by this time was fully invested) was about how the animals reciprocated. The nightingale sang him a song. The bullfinch gave him a wink. And so on and so on. Very nice chance for discussions about how "thanks" don't always have to be in the form we may want them to be.
After all of the animals and insects that we know with wings had their nice, shiny, new wings, the little wing giver grew tired and stopped to rest. The wind had grown jealous of the wings given out so he took the basket and blew it out into the ocean. The story goes on to say that those wings, stirring and mixing in the ocean water, are what gives the oceans it's rushing waves. The wings are trying to raise themselves to fly away... and can't.
The little boy is filled with sadness when he wakes to find his basket of wings missing. A caterpillar helps him put things into perspective. 'Instead of thinking about what you *can't* do, think about what you *can* do.' One of the poppy flowers hears this exchange and offers the petals of her flower to the wing giver for the caterpillar.
The next morning many of the animals tried to wake the little wing giver and could not. The story ends with a magpie finding two dove wings in the boys pocket. With the help of some other birds they attach these wings to the boys back and stand back to watch. The little wing giver flapped his wings and soard into the sky, giving God the idea for angels.
I'm not sure that there's too much wrong with this story. I'm not the most religious person in the world, in fact, I can hardly even be called religious. But this story has a multitude of great aspects to it. Great calls for discussions, great lines in the story, etc. I only wish the illustrations had been more to my liking.
June 10, 2009
Eh! It was okay. I read this one to decide wether or not I wanted to read it to Ella. I didnt. It was about God forgetting to give all the animals in the world wings so the little wing giver had to do it. Then at the end of the book the little boy gets wings and thats where God gets the idea for angels. Yeah, so I didnt like it much.
July 14, 2017
it was awesomeness!!!
October 15, 2012
My kids loved this so much it was easy to ignore it's (non-religious) Christian foundation.
June 28, 2016
The worst.
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