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Mead, Alice

Billy and Emma

32 pp. | Farrar | April, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-374-30705-9 $$16.00
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Christy Hale. Billy and Emma, two macaws in a zoo, love doing "tricks for their snacks" until a robber steals Emma one night. Billy flies around the city and finds her caged in an apartment. With the help of a clever crow, Emma escapes and they all return happily to their other cage at the zoo. While illustrated with expressive artwork and appended with an author's note about bird behavior, the tone of the story is patronizing.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

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