Loveykins

By Quentin Blake

Book Overview

When Angela Bowling rescues a baby bird after a storm, she finds her very own Loveykins.

Following a blustery night, Angela Bowling finds a baby bird blown out of his nest. She names him Augustus, and he quickly becomes more to her than just a bird to be looked after. He's her little Loveykins.

But Augustus is growing larger and rounder and soon requires a special garden shed to house him. He seems content enough . . . until another night brings even stronger winds.

From the UK's first Children's Laureate, this droll tale about the improbable friendship between a determined, eccentric matron and a young bird is classic Quentin Blake. With his quirky, humorous watercolors and his distinctive storytelling style, Blake gives readers a charming and sensitive treatment of the issues of loving and letting go.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561452823
• ISBN13: 9781561452828
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A thoughtful and recommended picture book story

Charmingly written and colorfully illustrated by Quentin Blake, Loveykins is the whimsical and delightful story of an overprotective woman who finds a baby bird blown out of its nest, and does her best to raise him - but who overindulges to an excessive degree, even taking her "loveykins" out for walks in a baby stroller! When a storm brings the opportunity for the grown-up bird to fly free, it changes both their lives forever in this thoughtful and recommended picture book story about growing up and letting go.