Mud City: A Flamingo Story

By Brenda Z. Guiberson

Book Overview

The shallow lake is crowded with flamingos. A few stand on a toothpick leg and doze. Others dip their heads upside down into the cloudy water to eat. But most sit on a mud nest to shade an egg from the blistering sun. Follow a flamingo from egg through adulthood in this fascinating tale On a muddy mound in a salty lake, a mother and father flamingo take turns protecting their egg from the hot sun. Soon a fluffy white chick hatches in the nest near the mangrove roots. Just four days later the chick learns to swim. By the time he is five weeks old, he can find food for himself. When pink feathers replace his white baby down, he is ready to learn to fly. For years the young bird flocks with other flamingos in quiet lagoons and salty lakes. At last he finds a mate and returns to the mud city near the mangrove trees to build a nest of his own.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805071776
• ISBN13: 9780805071771
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.1" x 0.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Story from Nature

Brenda Z Guiberson has perfected the art of bringing stories of nature to young (and not-so-young) readers. Under the spell of her narration and art, the reader realizes that the flamingos of Mud City aren't just static decorative animals but unique fascinating creatures with a story to tell, and Brenda tells it with style.

flamingos come to life

As a zoo volunteer and storyteller, I look for books that will be of interest to children. This book, captures the life of a flamingo. The illustrations are of good quality. This story I will be reading in front of the flamingo exhibit at the zoo. zoo volunteer and storyteller.

Mud City by Brenda Guiberson

This is a Wonderful and accurate story about the Flamingo Colony on Inagua in the Bahamas. I've bought 4 copies of the book to give to friends who are either bird watchers, or are interested in Bahamian natural history.