Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Brian's bird Brian's bird Patricia Anne Davis Eight-year-old Brian, who is blind, learns how to take care of his new parakeet and comes to realize that his older brother, while sometimes careless, is not so bad after all. OL19331857W
Parrots Parrots Carlienne Frisch Discusses various aspects of caring for a pet parrot, including selection, housing, feeding, grooming, and training. OL1981063W
Parrot genius! Parrot genius! Moira Rose Donohue Presents the stories of three amazing animals, including Einstein the genius parrot, Otis the skydiving dog, and Mudslinger a performing pig. OL20888120W
Stuck in the doldrums Stuck in the doldrums Carole P. Roman "When the wind stops blowing, Captain No Beard and his crew, including First Mate Hallie, Linus the Lion, Fribbet the Frog, Mongo the Monkey and Polly the Parrot, are stuck on a desert island. Maroon… OL24300803W
Fiesta Fiesta John Wooden,Steve Jamison,Bonnie Graves Inch and Miles, unable to come up with an idea for an International Day project, head to Mexico with the help of their teacher's magic whistle, and come up with a plan for a fiesta. OL25071603W
Amazon parrots Amazon parrots James E. Gerholdt Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural habitat of these birds that are popular as pets because of their bright colors and ability to learn tricks. OL2905556W
The parakeet girl The parakeet girl Marilyn Sadler Emma tries several pets before she becomes best friends with her parakeet Henry, but she finds that friendship threatened when her brother Bruce buys another parakeet. OL2912224W
Lories and lorikeets Lories and lorikeets Rosemary Low The first book ever published on lories and lorikeets. The emphasis is on aviculture. The author has (to date, 2010) kept lories and lorikeets for more than 40 years. OL3019415W
Sick as a Parrot (Colour Jets) Sick as a Parrot (Colour Jets) Michaela Morgan Things are disappearing from the Sullivan's house, spoons, earrings, even Jake's collection of bottle tops. In solving the puzzle they discover Short Bob Silver, a small pirate with a big problem, ho… OL3949901W
Doris Doris Ivor Cutler Doris the hen and Oliver Parrot discover their duets are not only fun to sing, but lucrative too. OL4029045W
Showtime! Showtime! Jared Jansen Pablo the parrot surprises even Cristina when he yells out at the kids who had come to hear him talk. OL4067249W
Ghost trap Ghost trap Barbara M. Joosse When Wild Willie's best friend Kyle moves back to the neighborhood the boys suspect that Kyle's new house is haunted. OL547288W
Parrots Parrots Valerie Bodden "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of parrots, a family of colorful birds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why parrots can imitate speech"--Provided by pu… OL5848872W
Jack Jones and the pirate curse Jack Jones and the pirate curse Judith Rossell With the death of his Great-Uncle Mungo, Jack learns to his dismay that, as the tenth-generation descendant of the Caribbean pirate Blackstrap Morgan, he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse a… OL8400318W