Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story

by Stephanie Spinner

Book Overview

In 1977, graduate student Irene Pepperberg walked into a pet store and bought a year-old African grey parrot. Because she was going to study him, she decided to call him Alex--short for Avian Learning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375868461
• ISBN13: 9780375868467
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7