My Dad's a Birdman

Name: My Dad's a Birdman
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: David Almond
ISBN: 9781441890108

Author: David Almond

Narrator: Sarah Coomes

Unabridged: 1 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Published: 11/10/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on.Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Mr. Poop is parading the streets, shouting LOUDER and LOUDER, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is getting in a flap. And watching it all is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after Dad and thinking how beautiful the birds are.What’s behind it all? It’s the Great Human Bird Competition, of course!

About David Almond

David Almond is known worldwide as the multi-award-winning author of Skellig, Kit’s Wilderness, and numerous other books and plays. He has received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his lasting contributions to children's literature. David Almond lives in Northumberland, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daisy May

Dear David, Well, you got me. After my rapturous reading of My Name is Mina, I came to My Dad's a Birdman with open arms. I fell in love with the jacket and then, I fell in love with the book. The thing about your books, about Mina, about Skellig, and about My Dad's a Birdman, is that they are full of......more

Goodreads review by Selma

My Dad’s A Birdman by David Almond and illustrated by Polly Dunbar Published: 2007 Age range: 7 years + Brief Synopsis: This is an imaginative story of fiction. It provides an element of descriptive wonder, set in a realistic real world setting. Jackie Crow is Lizzie’s father, who sees himself as a......more

Goodreads review by Masoome

اولین کتاب ۱۴۰۱ بامداد ۱/۱، خونه مامانجون. توی طاقچه خوندمش و دوستش داشتم. شاید یه روزی برای برادرزاده‌م بخرمش.......more

Goodreads review by A

A lovely story exploring responses to grief - great at all levels. I finished it and immediately my 6 year old daughter snapped it up - she's enjoying it so far and it's the first long book she's read on her own.......more