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Aviary Wonders Inc. spring catalog and instruction manual : renewing the world's bird supply since 2031 / Kate Samworth.

by Samworth, Kate.

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Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2014.

Birds -- Juvenile fiction

Robots -- Juvenile fiction

Mechanical toys -- Juvenile fiction.

Environmental degradation -- Juvenile fiction.

Catalogs -- Juvenile fiction.

9780547978994 (hc.)

0547978995 (hc.)

31 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

In a future when deforestation and other environmental factors have caused many bird species to go extinct, businessman Alfred Wallis offers a catalog of parts for creating replacements, from hand-carved beaks to Italian-leather feet.

"Since 2031, Aviary Wonders Inc. has offered bird lovers a unique opportunity: Assemble your own bird from stunningly beautiful and carefully hand-crafted parts. The birds can even be taught to fly and to sing! This slyly satirical crafter's delight is offered as the perfect antidote to extinction of birds in the wild. Brilliantly illustrated with oil paintings and filled with laugh-aloud asides as well as sobering facts about extinct species, this mock catalog is a clever send-up of contemporary sales spin and a thought-provoking look into an all-too-possible future. "--From publisher.

Grades: 4-8. SLJ.

School age picture book.

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