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Author
Language
English
Description
Summer days drift by slowly in Meadville, South Carolina-that is, until Sherman the one-legged pigeon flies into town and causes a ruckus. First Stella, who's been begging for a dog, spots him on top of a garage roof and decides she wants him for a pet. Then there's Ethel and Amos, an old couple who sees the pigeon in their barn keeping company with a little brown dog that barks all night. The pigeon lands smack in the middle of Mutt Raynard's head,...
4) Clever Ali
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.
8) The dove
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko's financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
Author
Series
Pluto Rocket volume 1
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel about the unlikely friendship between a street-smart pigeon and an out-of-this-world visitor."--
13) The two doves
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A beloved emblem of world peace--the dove--comes to life in this moving story that introduces Pablo Picasso and his art to young readers. 'A little white dot in the great sky,' a dove sails over the earth looking for a place to land. She soars over a series of intriguing landscapes: rocky plains filled with strange objects; an abandoned circus; a deserted barn. Finally she meets a friend--a wounded blue dove. The two birds travel until the blue dove...
17) Pigeon math
Author
Publisher
Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Telling a story about pigeons should be simple. But what's a narrator to do when the number of feathered friends is constantly changing? Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the unstable quantities...or is this pigeon-centric tale doomed?