My Parrot Harry (The Life and Times of Harry, the Eclectus Parrot)

A true story about a wonderful parrot named Harry, who has faith that he is an extraordinary and special bird–and he IS!

Excerpt:

Harry is an eclectus parrot, and that means he has bright colors in his feathers and dinosaur feet. You see, all parrots were dinosaurs a long, long time ago. Look at his feet and you can see they look just like the feet of the little pink raptor!

Parrots squawk, so they sound like crows only a whole lot louder. Harry likes to squawk when the day starts and when the sun sets and when anyone comes to visit.

Now, Harry was born in a town called Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the United States, and so were his parents, but his grandparents were born in a rainforest in a place called Queensland, Australia. Parrots who live there sleep on tree branches, just like Harry sleeps on his perch. Can you find Harry in the rainforest?

Harry gets a little nervous during thunderstorms when the sky gets dark and lightning shows up, so to feel better he looks out the window and says “It’s okay” and “It’s all right” a lot of times, and it works!

Now did you know why a parrot’s eyes are on the sides of the head? This lets the parrot see everything in both directions at the same time!

Book categories: Children's Story: Ages 4-6