The Simple Art of Flying

This book is truly Kate DiCamillo meets Katherine Applegate. It has amazing voice, lovable characters, beautiful poetry, and will make you laugh, then cry, then laugh again. DON'T. MISS. IT.......more

My friend highly recommended this book, so I put it on hold at the library. It came. I read it. And… I loved it. This book is adorable. It tells the story of two parrots in a pet store, a brother and sister, and brother parrot is very protective of his sister. He feels that parrots are not made for......more

Three African parrot eggs are about to hatch. Two survive and they are named Alastair and Aggie. In this book we see the world through the cranky worldview of Alastair whose ultimate dream is to fly to Key West and live there with his sister. Twelve-year-old Fritz helps take care of the parrots at t......more

A grumpy African grey parrot who plucks his feathers. A twelve-year-old boy who longs to become a doctor and who has recently lost both his grandfather and his father. An elderly woman who loves to dance and bake pies and who writes letters to her dead husband. Are there any three characters in ficti......more

A fantastic debut middle grade about love, family, loss, and discovery- this is a beautiful story revolving around a grumpy, suspicious African grey parrot named Alastair. I fell in love with him and sister Aggie from the start! The premise and execution of the story was so unique and engaging- I fl......more