My Dad’s a Birdman

$12.79

Hardcover
Author: David Almond
Illustrator: Polly Dunbar
Publisher: Candlewick Books
Publish Date: February 2008
Language: English
Reading Level: 3
EAN: 9780763636678

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Overview

Join a young girl and her dad as they find their wings and take to the skies in a joyful, quirky, tender tale from a masterful author and illustrator team.

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. Contest barker Mr. Poop is parading the streets shouting louder and louder, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is not quite himself. And watching it all is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after Dad by letting him follow his newfound whimsy. From an inspired creative pairing comes a story of the Great Human Bird Competition — a poignant, exuberant tale of the healing power of flights of fancy, and a very special father-and-daughter bond.

Details

Pages: 128
Dimensions: 9.28 x 6.27 x 0.63 in
Lexile Score: 420
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 2
ISBN: 0763636673

Awards

2011 West Virginia Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2008 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Recommended (Fiction)