Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor

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“I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs.” —Flannery O’Connor

When she was young, the writer Flannery O’Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She’d watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life.

But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor explores the beginnings of one author’s lifelong obsession.---from the publisher

64  pages                                  978-1592702954                             Ages 4-8

Keywords:  biography, birds, chickens, understanding others, odd and strange things, being different, empowerment, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old, animals, women, authors

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