Summary: Curious George gets in trouble by feeding the animals at the zoo, but when a parrot escapes from the rainforest exhibit he is able to save the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Rey 1998Copperman, E. J.
Summary: Kay Powell, theatrical agent to non-human animals, is babysitting--that is, birdsitting--her client, a parrot named Barney, on the set of his new TV show, Dead City. When the show's charismatic star is shot in his trailer between scenes, the only eyewitness to the crime is--you guessed it--Barney. And even though Kay keeps explaining that even a "talking" parrot doesn't actually converse with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M COPBarshaw, Ruth McNally.
Summary: When her teacher assigns a report about animals and all the popular animals get snatched up, Ellie McDoodle is stumped for a topic. Then a neighbor asks Ellie to pet-sit her African gray parrot and it seems her problem is solved. But when the parrot flies the coop-literally-Ellie has an even bigger problem. With help from a librarian, a zookeeper, and Ellie's own pet-obsessed family, the bird...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BARJudge, Lita
Summary: "A picture book about a parrot named Beatrix, who is very awake, very excited to see her friends, and has a very hard time using her 'inside voice"'--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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Summary: Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
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Summary: Just when Zoe is starting to feel at home in Ambler, Pennsylvania, living with her veterinarian grandmother and learning about a flock of wild parrots, her actress mother arrives to take her to a new home in Los Angeles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ANDDemas, Corinne
Summary: Grumpy Gus is one pirate that complains about everything, even about seeking treasure, an attitude that annoys his fellow pirates--so the Pirate Queen gives Gus an equally grumpy parrot in hopes that it will teach Gus a lesson and make him change his grumpy ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEMPinkwater, Daniel Manus
Summary: Yetta, the beautiful chicken, breaks free from the truck that is carrying her to market. She quickly realizes the big city is nothing like the chicken farm. She is scared and confused until she meets and saves the life of a little, green parrot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pinkwater 2010Barshaw, Ruth McNally.
Summary: Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARLeonardo, Cory
Summary: Alastair the African grey parrot is adopted by elderly dance-enthusiast and pie-baker Albertina Plopky and his sister, Aggie, by twelve-year-old Fritz, spoiling his plans to fly away with Aggie. Told in Alastair, Albertina, and Fritz's voices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEOBertino, Marie-Helene
Summary: "The week of her wedding, the bride is visited by a bird she recognizes as her dead grandmother because of the cornflower blue line beneath her eyes, her dubious expression, and the way she asks: What is the Internet? Her grandmother is a parakeet. She says not to get married. She says: Go and find your brother. In the days that follow, the bride's march to the altar becomes a wild and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERAgee, Jon.
Summary: Nothing seems to go right for Eugene, even when he wins a free trip to Bermuda, but while he is stranded on a tiny, deserted island after being shipwrecked, a broken-winged parrot tells him how to build a boat so that they can both be rescued.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion 2005
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Summary: While searching for a shelter dog that could become a reading companion for the library, Meg and her friends find a parrot who may be perfect for the job.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Fun International 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ROYFriedman, Laurie B.
Summary: Ruby's pets compete for her affection on Valentine's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FRIMedina, Meg
Summary: When Mia's Abuela comes to live with Mia and her family, she helps her learn English while Mia learns Spanish, both with the help of a parrot named Mango.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEDWalker, Anna
Summary: "A funny, noisy parrot comes into Jack's world and brings him closer to his dad in an unexpected and moving way"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALFriedman, Laurie B.
Summary: After Ruby Valentine misses her favorite holiday of the year, her parrot, Lovebird, convinces her that every day is the perfect day to say "I love you."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2006
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E FriCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FRIWest, Tracey
Summary: When Reese takes Robot to school for show-and-tell, Ben tries to show that his parrot Polly is better than Robot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WESMcDermott, Gerald.
Summary: Papagayo, the noisy parrot, helps the night animals save the moon from being eaten up by the moon dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCDPinkwater, Daniel Manus
Summary: Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish chicken, is back in a heartwarming Hannukah story in which she finds a cold and hungry kitten. This multilingual story, which includes both Yiddish and Spanish translations and pronunciation guides, is a clever introduction to the celebration of Hannukah and a welcome read-aloud for any age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE PINBee, William.
Summary: As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself goes "Clickerty click, clickerty clack," the station parrot is carefully listening to every sound.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Bee,Dicmas, Courtney.
Summary: A clever parrot named Harold gets tired of mimicking just the sounds in the apartment where he lives, so one day he seizes the opportunity to escape out into the streets of Paris, where he discovers new sounds and something surprising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play 2013
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Summary: "Join a brilliant, but stubborn, parrot as he endures the banality of the pet store before being purchased by an equally insufferable young man. But while things between parrot and owner get off to a rocky start, the delights of having a pet (or human) bring them both around in the end"-Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SCIKennedy, Kim.
Summary: "What's a pirate without his trusty ship? A sea-fairy promises Pete a ship of his own if he can return the Sea-Fairy Sapphire to the sea. The only problem is that the sapphire is on Thunder Island-and it isn't alone! Pete must face danger, intrigue, and a particularly unfriendly nemesis as he tricks and sings his way to safety."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2006