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Reynolds, Aaron

Nerdy Birdy Tweets

40 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-128-9 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Matt Davies. Diminutive, bespectacled, smartphone-carrying Nerdy Birdy and hulking, hooded-eyed Vulture make an odd-couple pair of best friends. The friendship works well, though--until Nerdy Birdy joins "Tweetster." All of a sudden, he's more concerned with the attention of his virtual friends than of his actual one. The story avoids preachiness by incorporating myriad LOL-worthy details into the wry text and scratchy pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017