Those Funny Flamingos

Those Funny Flamingos
by Jan Lee Wicker

Those Funny Flamingos
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Author: Jan Lee Wicker
Illustrator: Steve Weaver
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-31
ISBN: 1561642959
Number of pages: 55
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL)

Book Reviews of Those Funny Flamingos

Book Review: Answers twenty basic questions about those big pink birds
Summary: 5 Stars

With lively cartoon-style illustrations by Steve Weaver and featuring beautiful full color photographs that very nicely enhanced Jan Lee Wicker's simple and informative text, Those Funny Flamingos answers twenty basic questions about those big pink birds that became popular lawn ornaments back in the 1950s. Young readers will learn why flamingos characteristically stand on one leg and eat upside down, how flamingos stay dry, if flamingos can salute, how flamingos can bend their knees backwards, why they have webbed feet, how many eggs they lay, whether or not baby flamingos are pink, and more. Those Funny Flamingos is highly recommended for curious kids and any adult who has ever wondered about those distinctive pink birds!

Summary of Those Funny Flamingos

Ever wonder about those funny, big, pink birds that stand on one leg and eat upside down?

This book answers 20 questions about flamingos to teach you a lot about those big pink birds.

In addition to finally understanding why they stand on one leg and eat upside down, you?ll learn the answers to questions like these:

How do flamingos stay dry?
Can flamingos salute?
How can flamingos bend their knees backwards?
Why do flamingos have webbed feet?
How many eggs does a flamingo lay?
Are baby flamingos pink?

So come along and let?s take a world tour to see where flamingos live and why they do what they do. You?ll even learn how to draw them and how to make one from a candy cane.

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