Shaun Tan describes this beautiful story as ‘A heartfelt fable about the pain of grief, and the joy of its revelation.’ If these wise words were not enough to encourage me to open the book, then the quote from Daniel Johnson’s lyrics worked their magic.
‘The colours are bright, bright as ever.
The red is strong, the blue is true.
Some things last a long time.
Some things last a lifetime.
I had seen Daniel Johnson perform
at the Union Chapel; taken there by a good friend. A few years later, just like
Wolf, my friend had disappeared from our lives.
So, this is how the story goes:
Fox and his old friend Wolf spend a perfect day together at
their favourite spot by the lake. They talk and laugh and swim together in the
bright sunshine. Towards the end of this perfect day, Wolf places a big, grey
paw on Fox’s shoulder and says, ‘Tomorrow
I will be starlight.’
The next day Wolf is nowhere to be found. Fox searches
everywhere and still she waits for Wolf.
‘He said he was going
to be starlight,
So maybe he’s up there
in the sky.’
As night falls Fox heads up the mountains that surround the
lake and calls out for Wolf. She is in search of the brightest star. She pulls
the ‘shining star blanket’ around her
and cries in the darkness. This is the moment that she knows that Wolf is never
coming back. Through her tears she recalls Wolf’s words; ‘Life really is beautiful.’ From that moment ‘all the things they had done together came flooding back in bright
colours.’ Fox now understands that
Wolf is gone but all their happy memories would be with her always. She is able
to carry on.
The world is surrounded by swirly, jagged mountains that we
first meet in a cool green on the endpapers. There is also a bird that will
appear throughout the story to support Fox. By the end of the story the landscape
is flooded by light and sunshine. The illustrations reveal the emotional journey.
The image of Fox wrapped in the velvety star blanket is heart wrenching but is
followed by an image of a little red paw in the sunshine which moves us beyond the
grief and sadness. Fox is not alone. There is the little bird and also a mouse
for friendship and support, and of course there are happy memories.
The impact of this story lasts a long time.
ISBN 978-1-444-94659
Hodder Children’s Books
www.hachettechildrens.co.uk
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