This is an absolutely stunning book which shows how impactful a story can be through carefully crafted illustrations, use of colour and a few wisely chosen words. The book is based on the experiences of Sudan, who was the last Northern White Rhino. Nicola Davies narrates his early life, time in captivity and the experience of being back in the wild. Sudan remembers his early life with fondness and colour, when he lived in the wild with his mother before he was taken into captivity and the colour left his world with ‘many other lasts’. We then encounter the grey, drab experiences of Sudan in a zoo, where ‘even the rain smelled empty’. Then, one day, something wonderful happens and Sudan is taken back to the wild to see that he is not the last one of his kind – as he meets another rhino who isn’t mama, but ‘she smells beautiful’ as his mama had…