"Follow Ben and his grandparents as they interact with their pet parakeet, Pete"-- Provided by publisher

Percy and Piper get a parrot for a pet, but no matter what they try, it won't talk.

"An orphaned African grey parrot who can speak 127 words. A girl so sick, she has forgotten what it means to try. Fate--and a banana nut muffin--bring them together. Will their shared encounter help them journey through storms inside and out? Will they lose their way, or will they find what really matters? Here is a story that will remind readers how navigating so many of life's desperate adventures requires friendship and, above all, hope."--Dust...

In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within talesand every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisiblylike a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman,...

"Harold is an amazing mimic, and can imitate the sound of everything in his home. Tired of repeating the same old noises, he yearns to find out what other voices there are in the big, wide world. But what happens when he suddenly realizes that he doesn't yet have a voice of his own?"--Cover p. 4.

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

Relates what happens when the family parrot steals the afikomen at the Passover seder.

As the annual I. B. Rotten Competition approaches, the school's egotistical schemer, Bernie Bridges, fears that his pet parrot, Lippy, is no longer a good luck charm.

Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Using the sleuthing techniques he's gathered from his favorite mystery comics, Homer and Lulu track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they find a way to communicate with their human keepers and lead them to the culprits' hideout to stop the thieves?--...

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Ava's life suddenly becomes very complicated when she inherits a troublesome African gray Parrot."-- Provided by publisher.