Warble soon realizes that a mysterious fog is moving onto his island home of Icyland. “The Fog is a beautiful fable with an environmental twist that follows Warble, a yellow warbler who is a human-watcher. “The Fog shows Maclear’s ability to do both moodiness and whimsy in the same work.”

VERDICT This thoughtful selection, full of amusing details, has much to offer readers and listeners who are thinking about the importance of the environment and the need to come together to care for it.” “The parable-style tale keeps the solution metaphorical and the message clear. Sellers, Publishers Weekly children’s reviews editor It’s the picture book equivalent of “this is not normal,” and it places a premium on paying attention.” One local bird is unnerved by the development others simply accept it. “Have you ever felt (recently, perhaps) that things have changed in dramatic, even unsettling, ways? And that not everyone fully appreciates the significance of those changes? Then this is the book for you, a smart allegory about a strange fog that descends on an island. Come for the charming bird-girl friendship stay for Pak’s soft-focus, velvety artwork.” “It’s as if Maclear is communicating to readers, albeit with the lightest of touches, that the first step to taking care of our crowded planet, which we humans are polluting by the second, is to notice. A song about sharing that’s sure to lift readers’ spirits as well.”

“Reaching out lifts both fog and spirits it brightens days and nights.

Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear