"Friendly Feathers: Life with Pierre, an African Grey Parrot" Children's Book

"Friendly Feathers: Life with Pierre, an African Grey Parrot" Children's Book

by Fran Smith, Illustrated by Deon Matzen

"For bird lovers young and old, this book demonstrates the relationship between one parrot and his family. Pierre, the African Grey, says greetings, makes contact calls, requests food, comments on events, and even gives commands to the poodle. Do parrots and other birds in the wild use specific sounds to communicate the same messages in bird sounds? Ornithologists have found that birds do "talk" to each other in their own way. Deon Matzens charming illustrations bring Pierre to life in this delightfully illustrated account of the bird's communication to his family. Enjoyable reading for both reader and audience."

What is really neat about this book is that Fran Smith is a local author who lives on Whidbey Island. We had a book signing last year before the Folkmanis African Grey Parrot was released and actually met Pierre. He lived up to our expectations!

Fran had come in earlier in the year and asked if we had an African Grey Parrot puppet. Sadly, we had to say no. During our conversation, she asked if Folkmanis would make one. We gave her our long time contacts at Folkmanis to see if they might consider making one. And guess what, the parrot was in the works and they were happy to receive Fran's book and work with her on the parrot design. So, if you buy our African Grey Parrot Puppet, he surely must be named Pierre.

(softcover, 8.3 x 9.9 inches, 21 x 25.1 cm, 32 pages). Target Age 3 to 8. Color illustrations

Folkmanis African Grey Parrot Puppet

The Folkmanis African Grey Parrot Puppet is life-size and lovely. Contrasting light and dark grey plush spectacularly portrays real feathers. A signature bright-red tail sets it apart from the rest. In real life, the African Grey Parrot is considered one of the most intelligent birds, mostly due to the fact that it can imitate speech. This Folkmanis African Grey Parrot gets its words from the imagination of the puppeteer, so its vocabulary is endless!

Movable beak and wings. Wings hold together with a magnetic clasp. The parrot is 7 inches (17.8 cm) long, 11 inches (27.9 cm) tall, and 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide.

Item Weighs 5.2 oz (0.325 lb, 148 g)

Description	Retail Price	Act II's Price	Click to Order
T2827 - Folkmanis African Grey Parrot puppet	$24.99	$19.99
S100001- "Friendly Feathers, Life with Pierre an African Grey Parrot" book	$ 9.99	$ 8.49	OS