Told solely through pictures, this book is about the friendship between a lonely boy and a bluebird.
A bluebird notices the isolation of a young boy at school. Befriending him, the two spend the afternoon together. But their fun ends when they encounter a group of bullies in the park. Sadly, the bluebird loses its life in defending the boy. The story has an uplifting end, though, when a colorful flock of birds lifts the boy and the spirit of the bluebird into the clouds to say goodbye.
Cooper enjoyed this book (which was named one of the best books of 2013 by Publisher’s Weekly, Barnes and Noble and American Bookseller’s Association). She loved that the hero of the book was a bluebird, but was sad when it sacrificed its life. She hopes that the boy was worth it.
I’ve had my parakeet Scotty (Budgie) for about 2 years. He doesn’t
talk, but loves to sing. When I first got him, he didn’t chirp for
about 2 weeks, but now he chirps all day long. He likes to sing along
to “noise.” So he’ll start chirping away with the vacuum cleaner,
static, action scenes in movies, or any type of rock song. He also
likes the sound of running water, so I take him into the shower with
me when I can.
It’s been a priority of mine to see that Budgie will play with other
people, after all, half the fun is getting to show him off to family
and friends. That has lead me to also acclimate him to my friend’s
Holland Lop Rabbit named Marshmellow. We started out at first just
having Budgie in his cage and letting the rabbit run around the cage.
Eventually they’d both be out of their cages in the room together and
finally curiosity got the best of Budgie as he’d to flying and landing
on Marshmellow’s cage. Usually what happens when they play is
Marshmellow comes up to sniff or investigage Budgie and Budgie flies
or runs away and then lands back where he was and then the bunny comes
hopping over.
Sometimes when I know I’ll be gone all day, I like to leave Budgie
over at Marshmellow’s house so they can sit with their cages by each
other.
Budgie likes to wake up before I do in the mornings, so I usually open
his cage door as he likes to sit in the window and sing. I like to go
back to sleep. Sometimes he’ll fly and land on my arm and sleep there
where I go back to sleep for another hour or two. The only downside
is, sometimes he likes to come up and nibble on my toes or ears while
I’m trying to sleep.
Budgie likes to sit on the corner of my keyboard, right by the
backspace and delete keys. Which makes it hard when I’m trying to type
something and mess up because he’s blocking the fixing keys. He’s
usually not too happy having to move as I try to slide my fingers to
the keys. He also likes to stand on top of my tablet or touch screen
phone.
This month’s book is Bluebird by Bob Staake.
Told solely through pictures, this book is about the friendship between a lonely boy and a bluebird.
