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Delaney, Michael

Birdbrain Amos

153 pp. | Philomel | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23614-7 $$14.99
(2) 1-3 Hippopotamus Amos's troubles begin when he hires a tick bird to rid him of biting insects. He finally manages to part ways with what turns out to be an avian Amelia Bedelia, but he becomes an inadvertent surrogate parent to her youngest fledgling. Some sweet or lyric moments will remind newly independent readers of other unusual literary animal friendships. Delicately caricatured line drawings capture the befuddled and then overjoyed Amos.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2002

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