The Fussy Flamingo

A perfect book for sharing with fussy eaters

Baby Flamingo is a VERY fussy eater!
"I don't like flingo weed," says Baby. "I'm going to find a family that eats something delicious."
Baby visits the monkeys, the bats, the giraffes and the anteater, but he doesn't like ANY of their food. So he goes to the river to see what Crocodile likes to eat!"

This is the fourth exciting adventure in the Five Flamingos series, following The Carnivorous Crocodile, The Mud Monster and The Yum Yum Tree. The author's royalties for the series will be donated in support of wildlife habitat conservation projects in Africa.

“"Vibrantly illustrated...a lovely introduction to African animals, with royalties supporting wildlife conservation." - Parents in Touch on The Yum Yum Tree "A great book for kids to read before bath-time - creates a fun build-up to a splash-around. It's a brilliant tale of how your imagination can sometimes create scary creatures out of things that turn out to be friendly, whilst learning all about African animals and where they live. The use of numbers and repetitive language is ideal for helping children learn to read too." - Discover Animals on The Mud Monster "[A] delightful story of working together. There's a wonderful twist at the end of the story, that children will love. This is the first in the Five Flamingos series." - Parents in Touch on The Carnivorous Crocodile”

"Fantastically funny is the latest in the Five Flamingos series from team Wild and Granström... Brita’s hilarious scenes heighten the drama of Jonnie’s text with its playful language and plethora of speech bubbles: together they’ve created a tasty tale of a fussy eater that youngsters will relish."

"This is a super picture book on so many levels.  It’s a gorgeous and colourful introduction to African wildlife, it’s a great story to reinforce colours with your children, it’s a wonderful tale for fussy-eaters to read, but most of all, it deserves huge brownie points for supporting wildlife conservation in Africa because the author’s royalties will be donated in support of wildlife habitat conservation projects in Africa."

"Each page is full of spectacularly coloured illustrations and makes wonderful reading."

Jonnie Wild has been involved with forest conservation and tree planting projects for thirty years. He works with environmental scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York, supporting research and action to conserve forests for the benefit of wildlife and humans, and to help combat climate change. The Fussy Flamingo is Jonnie’s fourth children’s book, following The Carnivorous Crocodile, The Mud Monster and The Yum Yum Tree. He lives in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Brita Granström is an illustrator and painter whose children’s books have won the Smarties/Nestle Silver Award and the English Association 4-11 Award (five times). She has been shortlisted twice for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – the largest international children’s book award in the world. Brita’s vivid memories of working as an illustrator with a flying doctor in Africa help to give authenticity as well as humour to her illustrations for The Fussy Flamingo. Brita is, with her partner Mick Manning, the joint illustrator of Books! Books! Books!, The History of Prehistory and Women Who Led the Way (2021) for Otter-Barry Books. She lives with her family in the Scottish borders

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