Bibi
A flamingo's tale
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- 29,00 kr
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- 29,00 kr
Publisher Description
Wise old flamingo Bibi has been with her flock for as long as anyone can remember. Follow her journey in this beautifully illustrated celebration of old age and community from the talented creator of the award-winning picture book Little One.
When the lake dries up, the flamingos are forced to leave their babies behind and fly away to find water. Bibi bravely volunteers to guide the baby flamingos on foot across the barren salt flats to reunite with their parents. But when one little flamingo starts to fall behind, Bibi teaches everyone a valuable lesson about community and the importance of being there to help one another in times of need.
With stunning charcoal illustrations and a hint of pink, Jo Weaver brings this heartwarming tale of love and respect for the elderly to life.
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Flamingo matriarch Bibi, who's "older than anyone knew," is both the leader of her flock and its repository of wisdom. When summer comes and parches the lake, adult flamingoes can fly to the place where water remains, but the chicks must walk, and Bibi leads them, having made the journey as a youth. When young flamingo Toto collapses from exhaustion and the rest grumble, Bibi extends her wings to shade them all: "We'll rest... until we're all strong enough to continue together." They make it to the water and the whole flock prepares to migrate, but Bibi feels tired and old, and she slips away on her own—at least until Toto and others recall a Bibi-taught lesson. Charcoal drawings by Weaver (Narwhal: The Arctic Unicorn) render Bibi and her fellow flamingoes naturalistically, in quiet pinks and grays, paying careful attention to the graceful forms' feathers and beaks, and giving a hint of animation to the birds' faces. It's a true-to-life account of natural events that flamingoes face, and a fable about a community supporting all of its members. An end note provides context. Ages 3–7.
