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Macam, Acree Graham

The King of the Birds

40 pp. | Groundwood | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-851-8 $17.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-852-5
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Natalie Nelson. In the story, as in life, young Flannery O'Connor collects birds of all kinds until acquiring the King of Birds himself, a peacock. The story departs from life (and ethology) in some rather ginned-up suspense about the peacock not displaying its tail (the reveal of which is worth waiting for thanks to Nelson's mixed-media collage illustration). Otherwise the story and art are lighthearted and whimsical.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

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