Budgerigar : how a brave, chatty and colourful little Aussie bird stole the world's heart / Sarah Harris & Don Baker.
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TextSeries: Read how you wantPublisher: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : Read How You Want, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: [Large Print edition]Description: iii, 363 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780369335708; 0369335708Subject(s): Budgerigar -- Australia | Cage birds | Pets | Birds in art | Budgerigar -- AnecdotesGenre/Form: Large type books. DDC classification: 636.6864 Summary: Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can count to six and have memories that belie their size. They've been coveted by royals and been companions to the great and famous as well as grannies in suburban kitchens around the world. They've been painted by masters, rendered in the finest porcelain and graced fashionable hats and earrings of the highest order. Their image has been used to sell whisky, stamps and laundry detergent and everything in between. Surprising, charming and occasionally alarming, Budgerigar is the book that at last opens the cage door on the incredible story of the little bird that grew.
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Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can count to six and have memories that belie their size. They've been coveted by royals and been companions to the great and famous as well as grannies in suburban kitchens around the world. They've been painted by masters, rendered in the finest porcelain and graced fashionable hats and earrings of the highest order. Their image has been used to sell whisky, stamps and laundry detergent and everything in between. Surprising, charming and occasionally alarming, Budgerigar is the book that at last opens the cage door on the incredible story of the little bird that grew.
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