This is an absolutely beautiful book with a delightful story and the most charming paper cut illustrations.
I teach English as a foreign language, and for my littlest students that involves lots of storytelling and activities around the themes of the story. I also run art workshops and this book reminded me of the work of Eric Carle, a lovely collage style. The message of peace is a wonderful one.
I had the chance to read a preview copy of the book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, and I will be keeping an eye out for this one when it comes out!!

This is a great picture book with a powerful meaning. It has wonderful prose, and simple, yet beautiful illustrations as well.

I received an electronic ARC from Kids Can Press through NetGalley.
The paper art illustrations are incredible. Kor creates a story so many long for. The Hawk is tired of war and turns himself into a Dove. The rest of the story takes the reader through how much this would change the world.
Information provided on the illustration style at the end of the book.
This would be a terrific read aloud for mid to upper elementary level.
Kor has created a book that can be the basis for discussion at any age.

Hawk, symbol of war turns to Dove, symbol of peace. War machinery turns into peaceful things. Illustrations are made with paper cut out techniques and are simple and colourful.

It is supposed to have special cuts into the pages as part of design hinting at change that would be revealed with the turn of the page.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC

This was a nice story about the hawk (war) turning into a dove (peace) and everything turning from a negative into a positive. The illustrations were really nice, simple & colourful. I enjoyed the rhyming, I felt like it could almost be sang.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this digital ARC in exchange for a review.

This picture book was short and simple in words about turning war to peace. The paper collage illustrations were fantastic and really caught my eye, but the story line itself was just okay.

This book would be good for K-3 classrooms.

Alexander Pope an 18th-century English poet penned, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest."

A Hawk changes into a gentle dove because he's sad and oh so tired of the wars he witnesses around him. Radical changes occur: tanks turn into tractors, warplanes into butterflies, and the world becomes peaceful once again. There are no more canons loudly blasting or bombs dropping from the sky. That results in making everyone happy and feeling safe and secure once more. However this peace-loving dove is cautiously optimistic ... can his euphoric feelings last?

The late Paul Kor is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator who bases his book on his experiences of the terrible wars that are raging around him. His paper cut illustrations are beautifully executed and his message is very powerful. He encourages those that read this simple, profound book that by working together we can give peace a chance. He has included at the end of the book a notation that explains how this book was inspired. I highly recommend it.

I assumed, wrongly that this book was about a hawk and a dove. Instead, it was about war and how powerful small changes can make great changes for all.

This is a very simple picture book about turning swords into plowshares. A hawk has enough of war, and so dresses as the dove of peace, and all the war like things aorund him get changed to peaceful versions. The warplanes turn into butterflies, as show below.

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The cutouts are very nice, and the story is simple and to the point, and that is about it. In the end, it hints that war will return.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

A book that shows the translator's mastery of rhyming couplets, as the gentle verse conveys the end of warfare with consummate ease. The text, which concerns a hawk who chooses to become a dove shows how it's a simple decision to commit to peace – but unless that's the end of hawks everywhere, that might not be enough. (Cue countless comparisons with countless Middle Eastern conflicts.) A book that's hard to review as an e-arc, for the end product promises uniquely cut pages, which aid to the evocation of the changes. I couldn't see any clues as to what those could be without the real thing in front of me. But what I did see was perfectly fine as a rhyme with a message for the young.