The Circles in the Sky

With luminous illustrations this original folktale about the discovery of a lifeless bird offers a sympathetic exploration of grief loss and hope.. One morning Fox is drawn toward the forest. There in a clearing he sees something small and silent perhaps forgotten. It’s a bird lying as still as can be. Fox is confused upset and angry. Is the bird broken? Why doesn’t it move or sing no matter what Fox does? His curious antics are spied by a little moth who shares a comforting thought about the circles in the sky—that the sun even after it sets is reflected by the moon and the stars reminding us of its light. In an author-illustrator debut Karl James Mountford pairs a text at once lyrical and humorous meditative and down-to-earth with glorious multilayered artwork that will take your breath away. Told with sensitivity and an enchanting visual style this story of the ineffable nature of death and life has the feel of a universal folktale for modern times.