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My Dad's a Birdman
Contributor(s): Almond, David (Author), Dunbar, Polly (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0763636673 ISBN-13: 9780763636678
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2008

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2007933432

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 420

Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.27" W x 9.28" L (0.90 lbs) 128 pages

Awards: West Virginia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2011
Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), Recommended, Fiction, 2008

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Publisher Description:
Join a young girl and her dad as they find their wings and take to the skies in a joyful, quirky, tender tale from a masterful author and illustrator team.

In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Contest barker Mr. Poop is parading the streets shouting louder and louder, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is not quite himself. And watching it all is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after Dad by letting him follow his newfound whimsy. From an inspired creative pairing comes a story of the Great Human Bird Competition -- a poignant, exuberant tale of the healing power of flights of fancy, and a very special father-and-daughter bond.

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