This little book was first published in 1972 but it continues to be an inspirational text of great charm and power.
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull is a seagull like no other. He has dreams of being the perfect flying machine, unlike his contemporaries who use their gift of flight simply to squabble and fight over food and to move from one spot to another for breeding or resting.
Jonathan spends hours and days trying to perfect his flying skills, developing manoeuvres that no other seagull has even dreamed of. In striving for greater goals, he learns some life lessons that carry him into a new and enchanted existence. Even in the face of fierce opposition from his own kind, Jonathan never gives up, nor does he shrink from progress.
Jonathan dreams, and makes his dreams come true. An example to human kind as well as seagulls.
I love this story; it lifts the heart, encourages the spirit and makes every dream seem achievable. Highly recommended.
"Jonanthan Livingstone Seagull" is published, in the edition I read (86 pages, many of which are illustrations and photographs) by Thorson Element, ISBN 0-00-649034-4
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