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My Dad's a Birdman
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3.2 out of 5
Based on 92 Ratings and 39 Reviews

Book Description
"Flight as a metaphor for love's transcendence over grief takes a new form in this comic piece of magical realism."
-School Library Journal

In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Contest barker Mr. Poop is parading the streets... More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingPaperback (18 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages128
ISBN-100763653454
ISBN-13978-0763653453
Publication Date03/22/2011
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About David Almond (Author) : David Almond is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of David Almond include Skellig.
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About Polly Dunbar (Illustrator) : Polly Dunbar is an author-illustrator. Dunbar is known for her self-illustrated books Dog Blue, Flyaway Katie and Penguin. She is the daughter of children's book writer Joyce Dunbar, who she worked wi... more
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