Broadway Bird
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A charming and heartfelt picture book about a little bird who dreams of making it big on Broadway, from Tony Award-winning Broadway director Alex Timbers.
What Louisa loved most about living in Times Square wasn't the buzzzz of the city...
No, it was that she could sing as loud as she wanted. She could sing all day and she could sing all night.
Louisa was truly a Broadway bird.
Louisa is a tiny parakeet with a HUGE dream: to be a Broadway star. But no matter what she does, everyone keeps telling her she's too small to make it big! When a chance at her big break comes, Louisa learns that no matter how small you are, with a little talent and a lot of hard work, you can do anything - even be on Broadway!
With colorful, charming illustrations by artist Alisa Coburn, this heartfelt picture book from renowned Broadway director Alex Timbers is about persistence, believing in yourself, and, of course, the magic of Broadway.
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Bright green parakeet Louisa, who loves to "sing as loud as she wanted," can't get her big Broadway break, despite her lovely voice and aerial skills. "Sorry 'keet. You're too small," the poodle director tells her. But if "you gotta be big to be on Broadway," it's equally true that "you're only as small as you feel"—classic advice Louisa receives from a veteran flamingo hoofer at theater hangout Sardine's. Emboldened, Louisa wins the role of lead understudy in The Wizard of Weasel, then goes on for ailing star, Iguana Menzel. With an abundance of loving spoofery (Patty LuPony, Cheetah Rivera, and Otter McDonald all make appearances) and playful cartoon art that makes 42nd Street look like the happiest place on Earth, Timbers and Coburn create a punny love letter to the Great White Way for Broadway babies of any age. Ages 4–6.
