Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever

Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever by Barshaw, Ruth McNally. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781599904269.

When her teacher assigns a report about animals and all the popular animals get snatched up, Ellie McDoodle is stumped for a topic. Then a neighbor goes on vacation and asks Ellie to watch her African gray parrot, and it seems her problem is solved. Unfortunately, a new problem pops up almost immediately when the parrot flies the coop—literally. With help from a librarian, a zookeeper, some good friends, and Ellies own pet-obsessed family, the bird comes home— but will Ellie finish her report in time? Filled with cartoons, diagrams, lists, games, and plenty of witty asides, Ellies newest adventure is a perfect pet primer and just might inspire some creative doodling, too.