Blue Bird: Optimism (Color Illustration Book)

Author: (Belgium) Maurice Maeterlinck
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The children of two lumberjacks, Tyltyl and Mytyl, have a dream before Christmas: a fairy named Béryl entrusts them with the task of finding a bluebird that symbolizes human happiness. Guided by the Light God, they travel through the Land of Remembrance, cross the Palace of the Night and the Cemetery, and arrive at the Palace of Happiness and the Kingdom of the Future. During their journey, they endure countless hardships, but the bluebird is always lost and found again. In the end, they discover that the bluebird symbolizing happiness is actually right beside them!