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My dad's a birdman /

Almond, David, (1951-)

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My dad's a birdman /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	My dad's a birdman // David Almond ; illustrated by Polly Dunbar.
remainder title:	My dad is a birdman.
Author:	Almond, David,
other author:	Dunbar, Polly.
Published:	London :Walker Books, : 2007.,
Description:	117 p. :col. ill. ;23 cm.
Subject:	Fathers and daughters - Juvenile fiction. -
Subject:	England - Fiction -
ISBN:	9781406313246 (pbk.) :

My dad's a birdman /
Almond, David,1951-

My dad's a birdman /My dad is a birdman.David Almond ; illustrated by Polly Dunbar. - London :Walker Books,2007. - 117 p. :col. ill. ;23 cm.

A distinguished author's use of birds and human flight as metaphors for love's transcendence over grief and death takes a new form in this comic piece of magical realism. Lizzie and her widowed dad live in a city along the river Tyne in the north of England. From the first page it is clear that Lizzie is playing parent to her father's irresponsible child. Both are reacting to the recent death of Lizzie's mother. While the girl works hard at school, Dad remains in his room, unshaven and undressed. Finding purpose in the recently announced Great Human Bird Competition ("the first one to fly over the river Tyne wins a thousand pounds"), he secretly constructs a pair of wings from bird feathers and starts to consume bugs and worms. Sensible Auntie Doreen, as solid as her dumplings, calls him "daft." But when she tries to take Lizzie away from him, the child does her realistic best to make her father's dreams come true. Handsomely produced, the book is printed in varying size typefaces and enhanced by Dunbar's pencil, watercolor, and collage illustrations interspersed throughout the text. Casual yet evocative, they perfectly interpret Almond's broadly sketched characters.

ISBN: 9781406313246 (pbk.) :GBP6.99Subjects--Topical Terms:

1262242
Fathers and daughters
--Juvenile fiction.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1235115
England
--Fiction

LC Class. No.: PZ7.A448 / My 2007

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]

My dad's a birdman /
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245 1 0 $a My dad's a birdman / $c David Almond ; illustrated by Polly Dunbar.
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260 # $a London : $b Walker Books, $c 2007.
300 $a 117 p. : $b col. ill. ; $c 23 cm.
520 # $a A distinguished author's use of birds and human flight as metaphors for love's transcendence over grief and death takes a new form in this comic piece of magical realism. Lizzie and her widowed dad live in a city along the river Tyne in the north of England. From the first page it is clear that Lizzie is playing parent to her father's irresponsible child. Both are reacting to the recent death of Lizzie's mother. While the girl works hard at school, Dad remains in his room, unshaven and undressed. Finding purpose in the recently announced Great Human Bird Competition ("the first one to fly over the river Tyne wins a thousand pounds"), he secretly constructs a pair of wings from bird feathers and starts to consume bugs and worms. Sensible Auntie Doreen, as solid as her dumplings, calls him "daft." But when she tries to take Lizzie away from him, the child does her realistic best to make her father's dreams come true. Handsomely produced, the book is printed in varying size typefaces and enhanced by Dunbar's pencil, watercolor, and collage illustrations interspersed throughout the text. Casual yet evocative, they perfectly interpret Almond's broadly sketched characters.
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650 # 1 $a Single-parent families $v Juvenile fiction. $3 1051884
650 # 1 $a Birds $3 665479
650 # 1 $a Contests $v Fiction. $3 1247449
650 # 1 $a Magic $v Juvenile drama. $3 1247582
651 1 $a England $v Fiction $3 1235115
700 1 # $a Dunbar, Polly. $3 1262348
809 $p J $d PZ7.A448 $e A452 $y 2007