7/4/2023 0 Comments Froodle book![]() ![]() ![]() Be prepared for cries of “Oobly snoobly!” and “Cloggen Zoggen Itsyboggen!” after the book is finished. When Little Brown Bird decides she doesnt want to sing. Portis pictures the birds in a plain suburban backyard, and the birds’ cheerful, unorthodox sounds, pictured in voice balloons and hand-lettering, contrast with the strict horizontal and vertical lines. In a normal neighborhood, on a typical day, the birds chirp, the dogs bark and the cats meow. “Lost caws,” sighs Cardinal, until Crow returns in a better mood. This is a funny book about a little brown bird who simply got tired of singing the same old song which its fellow neighbourhood birds expect him to sing. ![]() Goofiness prevails, however, when Cardinal exclaims, “Ickle zickle! Pickle trickle!” Crow flies away, displeased and determined to resist the antics. This tale begins with Crow, Dove, Cardinal, and Little Brown Bird sitting on a power line and expressing themselves with their usual “caw,” “coo,” “chip,” and “peep.” However, “Little Brown Bird didn’t want to sing the same old song,” and she experimentally chirps, “Froodle sproodle!” The large Crow sternly looks her in the eye (“Little brown birds say peep!”), and Dove nervously offers a literal olive branch (“Dove liked to keep the peace”). Portis, whose Not a Box proposed alternative uses for a cardboard cube and whose A Penguin Story imagined how Antarctic birds regard non-wintry colors, delights in “What if?” questions. A hilarious, straightforward, simple story about a little bird who dares to do something different and shakes up the entire neighborhood in the process. ![]()
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