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Paul Dillon was born in Dorset in the Uk and has lived near the real Balbirooroo wetland in his book near Melbourne for the past 18yrs.
He has spent most of his working life as a professional musician and The Symphony is his first children's book.
He hopes that children who read The Symphony will become more connected with themselves and their natural environment, giving them the courage to stand up and have the courage to protect what they love and believe in.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Music is a metaphor for life and life exists only in harmony with all of nature. This is the profound message of The Symphony by Paul Dillon, a charming book that makes the wholeness of nature into a musical symphony, where all get along, sing along, play along well together, all in harmony. The book also educates the young reader about different living creatures that inhabit a wetland, which has a very delicate ecosystem, and it points out what happens when something careless happens or is done to the wetland, like dumping leftover paint into the water. It affects every living creature and it affects the musical harmony of nature's symphony.
Rose, Lily, Molly, Laila and Shanti are five young girls who value and care deeply for the wetland. They are the ones, the humans that is, who first notice that something is wrong with their precious wetland. When no adult will listen to their concerns, the girls set out on their own to solve the problem. And they do, experiencing countless adventures on their journey, just as the Pobblebonk frogs venture on their own journey to find a safe habitat. The girls' adventure, their attempt to save the wetland, is only taken seriously by the adults when they are missing overnight. When they are found, returning to the wetland with the rescued Pobblebonk frogs, the adults finally listen and share their concern. That is when the wetland's most notable symphony takes form and humans, children and adult, along with all of nature, join together to make beautiful music.
This is an excellent story about ecology and preserving our environment. Paul Dillon, the author, lives near the real Balbirooroo wetland, just outside of Melbourne, Australia, the wetland that makes the backdrop for this story. Combining a love of music with a love of nature, Paul has created a compelling story about the most beautiful music ever performed: the music of life all around us and, for Paul, the music of the wetland. Well done!
