A story of friendship between a blackbird and a child.
The story begins; a blackbird signals its presence to the child with its song. Every day, it appears, disappears, sings and then falls silent. It is part of the child’s daily life, a familiar, reassuring presence. The child feels a real joy in seeing him reappear every day; but where is he when he does not see him?
Through the familiar presence of the blackbird, the album sets to music one of the most important questions for the very young, that of appearance-disappearance, of presence-absence. Does the one who goes away comes back?
Florence Gilard lives in Paris and works in early childhood centres as a reader and trainer. «I watch and listen to the stories that toddlers tell when we read them books: bodies, looks, expressions, games: everything tells during these readings.