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"This heart-warming and delightful story will intrigue and interest children while it charms their parents. It is a pleasure to see a children's picture book that is exciting and amazing yet accessible and accurate.Always Blue for Chicu captures the life and spirit of this fascinating parrot and the saga of his finding a home with people who understand his needs."--Joanna Burger, author ofThe Parrot Who Owns Me Always Blue for Chicu recounts thirty years of an Amazon parrot's adventures. Captured as a young bird by smugglers, Chicu frees himself from a market-place cage, is befriended by a kindly sailor, Big Blue, and goes to sea, where he finds a new flock in the sailors on board. When Big Blue goes back to sea, friends agree to care for Chicu. Over many long years, Chicu is handed off from one owner to another until he is brought to a parrot sanctuary where, after a long search, Big Blue finds him again in a heart-warming finale. Karen Dugan includes elements of humor to lighten Chicu's story, a tale that might be similar to that of thousands of other exotic birds that are trapped, smuggled, and sold into lives of captivity. Parrots are long-living birds who flourish in flocks with mates and families, flying freely and happily through the treetops; in their captive existence--which may be fifty or sixty years, or longer--they often endure isolation and a tedious, neglected life without proper care or human attention. Through more than seventy striking, full-color illustrations, Chicu's story opens a window into the life of these exotic birds whose very beauty leads to their imprisonment, birds whose unique qualities call out for understanding and care. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Educational and engaging, Always Blue for Chicu is a book with some interactive appeal - a blue circle is used in the narrative, with instructions to the reader to supply the word "blue" each time it appears - that young readers will undoubtedly appreciate. It highlights, through the story, many important ideas, from the longevity of parrots, to their need for socialization, and gives further information in the more detailed afterword. Published by The Gryphon Press, as part of their picture-book line intended for use in humane education, it presents an excellent overview of a parrot's needs, how those needs are commonly disregarded, by many humans, and how they can be better respected. As someone who doesn't believe in keeping birds as pets at all (unless they are injured, or require care), I appreciated the fact that the author emphasizes the importance of not obtaining birds through pet shops or breeders, in order to discourage the bird trade in general. All in all, this is a strong title, one I would recommend to teachers and parents looking for stories - particularly stories featuring birds - to be used in humane education. ( )