The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763678295 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Parrot & a Box of Wolves" according to L. M. Keefer. This is a whimsical story about a girl, Isabel, whose good friend Simon moves away. Isabel is angry. Her parrot on her head is angry, too. She decides to pack up all of her stuff in boxes in label them. She even has a box of wolves. Whaaat?Yep, you read right. Wolves. A whole box.Isabel decides not to be angry anymore. Maybe she can enjoy her own company without Simon.The parrot is a bit afraid of the wolves. Secretly, Isabel is too. One day she plays with a big box and finds a boy inside: Chester. Chester tells
From a remarkable new talent comes an honest and endearing story about losing a best friend, daring to make a new one, and the power of imagination.Isabel has a best friend named Simon, who is very good with newts. After all, she has a parrot who likes to sit on her head, and she has a system, sorting all the things in her room into boxes. For a while Isabel hates everything and decides it’s better to be by herself. But one day Simon moves away in a truck and never comes back. But now she faces a new problem: the parrot worries about the box that is full of wolves, and Isabel secretly worries too. Can Chester, a boy who has a way with umbrellas and sticky tape, help? With simple illustrations full of touching, kid-friendly details, Daisy Hirst’s debut pictu
VERDICT This gentle story of navigating change has surprising layers of complexity and is sure to spark discussion in classrooms and public library programs.—Chelsea Couillard-Smith, Hennepin County Library, MN . After all, she has her parrot and a system of sorting both her belongings and her anxieties into clearly labeled cardboard boxes. It's the "biggest box she'd ever seen," and inside is Chester, who knows just how to convince that wolf to move out. At first, Isabel hates everything, and as winter arrives, she decides to be happy alone. Hirst's childl
. She lives in London. The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head is her first book. Daisy Hirst studied English and writing at Warwick University in England and received an MA in children’s-book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art