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Voigt, Cynthia

Little Bird

336 pp. | Greenwillow | September, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-299689-3 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-299691-6 $8.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins. In her latest animal fantasy, Voigt returns to the Old Davis Farm, a territory she has explored in three ­previous books (most recently Toaff's Way, rev. 9/18). Little Bird is a curious crow who doesn't quite fit in. She takes on the task of finding a missing necklace to which the crows attribute their good luck. Her quest takes her outside her usual territory, where she encounters new situations, new creatures, dangers, and a dark night of the soul. There are threats and a near-deadly attack on Little Bird, but the focus here isn't "nature red in tooth and claw" but rather communication, the interactions between characters as they connect, suffer from misunderstandings, make jokes, and expand one another's horizons through storytelling. Part of the fun lies in decoding Little Bird's descriptions of humans. What would you make of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a schoolyard if you'd never seen one before? Voigt is a master at creating animal characters that are convincing and ­compelling in themselves while simultaneously nudging us to take a wry look at ourselves.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2021

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