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Flap Your Wings
Contributor(s): Eastman, P. D. (Author), Eastman, P. D. (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375802436     ISBN-13: 9780375802430
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2000
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Annotation: When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long "jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby "alligator than a baby bird! Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets so big, he must leave the nest or it will collapse underneath him. "But how can Junior fly without wings? To the delight of the Birds--and readers!--the dilemma is solved when Junior takes off from a branch overlooking a pond.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Birds
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner
Dewey: E
LCCN: 77087822
Lexile Measure: 410
Series: I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.72" W x 9.42" (0.43 lbs) 48 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 49404
Reading Level: 2.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets so big, he must leave the nest or it will collapse underneath him. But how can Junior fly without wings? To the delight of the Birds--and readers --the dilemma is solved when Junior takes off from a branch overlooking a pond.