An atmospheric short story taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two great Irish talents in children's fiction today Silla loves the winter with its snow and cold winds, but most of all, she loves the ice. So when the ice floes of her kingdom and the icicles at her Ice Palace start to melt, she doesn't believe Zeffa, King of the Warm Winds, when he comes to her in friendship, begging for her help. Instead, she declares war on him and assembles her battalion of penguins: the battle lines have been drawn. But sometimes people aren't what they seem and loyalty is found in the most unexpected of places. Will Silla and Zeffa be able to overcome their differences to fight global warming and save their kingdoms? A tale showing how by working together we can overcome the seemingly impossible, vividly depicted by evocative illustrations. Look out for the other eleven stories - also available as e-shorts! • One of the twelve winter-themed tales of adventure, magic and wonder, taken from the collection of stories, BEYOND THE STARS • Written and illustrated by two Irish talents in children's fiction today • Gordon Snell's books for children and adults have been published around the world • Michael Emberley is an award-winning author and illustrator, whose first book, DINOSAURS, was published at nineteen • All profits go to Fighting Words – the Irish Story Centre that supports creative writing for children and adults and was inspired by Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia project in the USA, as have other creative writing centres all over the world since then
