Sister Lightning and Brother Thunder are children at play, dancing across the great arctic sky in this touching story about the search for a home.
Returning to camp, the children find their people have left without them. Through the long, cold night, they huddle near a fire and talk into the night. Unable to decide which of their animal cousins they should stay with while they wait for the return of their people, the children decide to live amongst the stars instead. Their journey to the sky is a homecoming in which they rediscover the beauty of play.
Orphans in the Sky is a moving account of the courage and loyalty experienced by two lonely orphans who find a home in the sky.
"Shimmering, surreal, colour illustrations."
-- Globe & Mail
2005 Alberta Children's Book Award nominee
2005 Alberta Book Illustration of the Year nominee
Shining Willow nominee 2006
Vladyana Krykorka
emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1968. Having studied art and architecture in Prague, she continued her education at the Ontario College of Art. Working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, she has won awards for book illustration and magazine design, including the Ruth Schwartz Award and the Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation. Vladyana lives in Toronto.
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