This month’s book is Mr. Pete, Where Are Your Feet? by Katherine Bartlett.
(Illustrated by Abira D.)When greeting her little budgie, Mr. Pete’s owner gives him a kiss and asks him,”Mr. Pete, where are your feet?” Mr. Pete notices that some of his toes are shorter than the others and sets off to look for them. He and the rest of his flock (which includes finches and a cockatiel) set off to find Mr. Pete’s toes. They look in all the cages, the food bowls and even under the ladders, but Mr. Pete’s toes are nowhere to be found.

Mr. Pete’s owner notices him looking sadly at his toes and tell him that he was born with some toes shorter than the others. This makes him special and she loves him just the way he is.Cooper loved this book. She liked the message of the story – that we all deserve to be loved for who we are. The illustrations were fun and Cooper enjoyed looking at all the birds as they zipped about looking for Mr. Pete’s toes. She also liked that at the end of the book there were photos of all the birds featured in the book (and who belong to the author).