The pirate blackbird / by Uwe Timm ; illustrated by Axel Scheffler ; translated by Natalie Curtiss and Julie Ottke.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Scholastic, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 172 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780702309632Uniform titles: Piratenamsel. English. Subject(s): Mimicry (Biology) -- Juvenile fiction | Birds -- Juvenile fiction | Belonging (Social psychology) -- Juvenile fiction | Imitation -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Animal fiction. DDC classification: 833.914 Summary: When a little mynah bird is stolen from the jungle, he uses his amazing gift of mimicry to fool everyone in his path -- escaping from a variety of cages in pet shops and zoos in order to forge his own path in the big city. With the help of his new friend, a little girl, will courageous Pirate Blackbird find his true home?
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF TIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111085859724 |
Originally published as: Die Piratenamsel. Munich : dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co., 1983.
Pre-adolescent.
Translated from the German.
When a little mynah bird is stolen from the jungle, he uses his amazing gift of mimicry to fool everyone in his path -- escaping from a variety of cages in pet shops and zoos in order to forge his own path in the big city. With the help of his new friend, a little girl, will courageous Pirate Blackbird find his true home?
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