FICTION

Ivy Bird

by Tania McCartney (text) & illus. by Jess Racklyeft
Blue Dot. Apr. 2020. 32p. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781733121217.
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PreS-Gr 1–Red-haired Ivy devotes her day to mimicking the dozens of birds she encounters in person, through books, and in her imagination. She paddles with ducks, fluffs feathers like a flamingo, and copies trills, chirps, peeps, chatters, cackles, tweets, and squawks. After a “bird bath,” she nests in her cozy bed, beneath a wall of her avian drawings. The Australian author includes a short description of a dozen birds at the end, affably depicted in Racklyeft’s bright watercolor and collage textures.
VERDICT There’s plenty of positive energy in this colorful, imaginative work.
Reviewed by Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA , Apr 01, 2020

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