The Queen of Birds

The Queen of Birds is an exquisite picture book retelling of a well-known traditional tale by Karine Polwart, one of Scotland’s most well-known songwriters and storytellers. Illustrated by renowned artist Kate Leiper.

After a terrible storm, the Kingdom of the Birds is looking for a leader. Will it be the bird with the loveliest song, or the brightest plumage, or the one who flies highest or fastest?

Across the sky, birds are flocking: nightingales and robins, barn owls and blackbirds, curlews and cuckoos and herons and hoopoes. And Wee Jenny Wren.