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Ages 3 to 6
Caldecott Honoree Elisha Cooper returns with a unique and playful tale about an imaginative house cat who dreams of all the wild things it can be. The imagination of one housecat takes him to unexpected adventures as he dreams of spreading his wings as a "rare bird."
Because a Rare Bird can do anything!
Fly fast through the forest,
or splash in the bird baths,
or meet animals from faraway lands.
Readers will fall head over heels for this extraordinary tale of dreaming, the power of imagination, and the freedom of creativity, by Caldecott Honoree Elisha Cooper.
About the Author
Elisha Cooper is an author / illustrator who has received a Caldecott Honor for
Big Cat, Little Cat, and his following book
River won the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize. One of his earlier books,
Dance!, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, and
Beach won the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. In 2016 he was awarded a Sendak Fellowship. His essays and sketchbooks have appeared in the sports section of
The New York Times. Cooper lives with his wife, daughters, and cats in New York City.
www.elishacooper.com