This triggers a magical transformation of his world as his dreams slowly come true. Then one day a small bird flies in and lands on one of the tin trees. He dreams of being surrounded by a beautiful forest and so, using bits and bobs of old scrap and rubbish, he begins to construct a makeshift tin forest of his very own. Why this book is the choice of Simon Bartram, September 2010 Guest Editor: "In this wonderfully illustrated picture book an old man lives in the dark, grim middle of nowhere.
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Gradually his world begins to full up with colour, change and therefore hope. Living in a miserable grey world, an old man repeatedly dreams of colour and growth.
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