The Shoe Bird [Hardcover]

Eudora Welty (Author), Beth Krush (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: 3 and up

When Arturo the Parrot, whose job was to help greet people as they came into The Friendly Shoe Store, picked up and repeated a small boy's disgruntled comment---Shoes are for the birds!---it certainly changed the course of his life! This is Eudora Welty's only book specifically for young readers.

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Eudora Welty's only book written for children, the charming story of a shoe-store parrot named Arturo and his many feathered friends

About the Author

Eudora Welty is the author of many novels and story collections, including Losing Battles, The Ponder Heart, The Robber Bridegroom, and A Curtain of Green and Other Stories. With the University Press of Mississippi she published Photographs; Country Churchyards; One Time, One Place; and others.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) (September 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878056688
• ISBN-13: 978-0878056682
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, September 13, 2009

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This review is from: The Shoe Bird (Hardcover)

LOVE JIM DALE but even he can't make this interesting. It was really a waste of time and money. We listen to books on cd all the time and it was painful to make everyone listen to this all the way through. It's not long at all- just feels like it