In Parrots Over Puerto Rico Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore intertwine the histories of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, culminating with current efforts to save the parrots from extinction.
For the first half of the book, Roth and Trumbore do a splendid job providing young readers with a history of the island, intertwining the birds’ history with its human inhabitants along the way. In the second part they indicate the awareness by Puerto Ricans that the birds are almost gone and then their efforts to bring them back. The book ends with a very informative afterward with photos as well as a timeline and a list of sources.
As always, Roth’s collages are outstanding.
Tables are turned in Whale Shines by Fiona Robinson.
Whale is cruising about the ocean, advertising an art expo for sea creatures. He sees all the other sea creatures expressing their creativity, and bemoans the fact that he is a mere vehicle for advertising, not an artist himself.
With a little help from some tiny friends, though, Whale discovers that, he too, can become an artist.
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