Flora's Very Windy Day

by Jeanne Birdsall, Matt Phelan

A National Book Award-winning author and a celebrated artist combine talents in this delightfully imaginative sibling story.

  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780547487366
  • ISBN-10: 0547487363
  • Pages: 32
  • Publication Date: 08/23/2010
  • Carton Quantity: 10
About the Book
About the Authors
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  • About the Book

    When Flora and her pesky little brother, Crispin, are whisked away by a swirling and swooping wind, she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to give her brother away. With tempting offers from a dragonfly, the man in the moon, and even the wind itself, she will find it difficult to choose. But Flora would do anything to get rid of Crispin, wouldn’t she?

    Jeanne Birdsall’s utterly charming picture book takes flight in Matt Phelan’s twisting, twirling watercolors, brimming with wit and whimsy.

  • About the Author

    Jeanne Birdsall

    Jeanne Birdsall is the National Book Award-winning author of The Penderwicks and its sequel, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (Knopf), both of which were also New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with her husband, three insane cats, and a stubborn Boston terrier named Cagney. Visit her website at www.jeannebirdsall.com.

    Matt Phelan

    Matt Phelan's many books include the popular picture book Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle and the innovative graphic novel The Storm in the Barn, winner of the Scott O'Dell Award. He lives in Philadelphia. Visit him online at mattphelan.com.  

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  • Reviews

    "The story's sense and wit are most fully expressed in the text, but the character's actions and emotions are most memorably portrayed in the artwork... A fine picture book with a fierce, bold, and (deep down) compassionate heroine."—Booklist

    "Emotionally true from cover to cover."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

    "Birdsall's crisp and delightful first picture book....believable characters, a tightly constructed story line, and a nod to past children's literature."—Publishers Weekly

    "This gem of a book will resonate with older siblings everywhere."—School Library Journal

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