Abby's Birds

By Ellen Schwartz format: children's hardcover publication: December 2006 ISBN: 9781896580869

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Abby's Birds is about the relationship between a young girl who moves into a house which is next door to an elderly woman. While exploring her backyard at the new house, Abby meets her neighbour, Mrs. Naka. "I am Mrs. Naka." "I'm Abby." "How do you do, Abby?" "Are you my new neighbour?" "No, you are my new neighbour. I have lived here a lifetime." "Are you old?" "Very old." Mrs. Naka smiled. Her face crinkled like tree bark. internal art As the friendship between the two unfolds, they follow the progress of a robin family that has nested in a maple tree their yards share. From the hatching of the babies, to the death of one and the young robins’ learning to fly, Abby and Mrs. Naka become closer. During their bird watching, Mrs. Naka teaches Abby to make tori-origami birds.

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