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Today at the Bluebird Cafe: A Branchful of Birds

by Deborah Ruddell

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

It's all-you-can-eat

at the Bluebird Café,

A grasshopper-katydid-cricket buffet,

with berries and snails

and a bluebottle fly,

a sip of the lake

and a bite of the sky.

A world of birds unfolds in twenty-two vivid poems that capture the unique personalities of birds from backyard blue jays to toucans and cockatoos. Come sweep through the sky with an eagle, compare table manners with a vulture, and mock a mockingbird — if you dare!

Debora Ruddell's poems are funny and thoughtful, silly and sweet. Joan Rankin's delightful pictures enchant the eye and tickle the funny bone. There is something for everyone who flies through the pages of this brilliantly birdbrained book.

Review:

"Ruddell demonstrates a passion for winged creatures that readers may well find palpable and infectious." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Review:

"A terrific introduction to poetry, with a smile attached." — Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Synopsis:

Twenty-two vivid poems capture the unique personalities of birds, from backyard blue jays to toucans and cockatoos. Ruddell's poems are funny and thoughtful, silly and sweet, while Rankin's delightful pictures enchant the eye and tickle the funny bone. Full color.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780689871535
Subtitle:
A Branchful of Birds
Author:
Ruddell, Deborah
Illustrator:
Rankin, Joan
Author:
Rankin, Joan
Publisher:
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
Animals - Birds
Subject:
Birds
Subject:
Poetry - Humorous
Subject:
Children's poetry, American
Subject:
Poetry
Edition Description:
Picture book
Publication Date:
February 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
40
Dimensions:
1030x1037x39 103
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
04-10

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