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    Flora and the Peacocks

    By Molly Idle

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    About this ebook

    The darling, dancing Flora is back, and this time she's found two new friends: a pair of peacocks! But amidst the fanning feathers and mirrored movements, Flora realizes that the push and pull between three friends can be a delicate dance. Will this trio find a way to get back in step? In the third book featuring Flora and her feathered friends, Molly Idle's gorgeous art shows that no matter the challenges, true friends will always find a way to dance, leap, and soar—together.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateMay 10, 2016
    ISBN9781452140674
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    Flora and the Peacocks
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    Molly Idle

    MOLLY IDLE is the Caldecott-Honor winning author and illustrator of Flora and the Flamingo and Flora and the Penguin, as well as Tea Rex and Camp Rex. She is also the illustrator of the Zombelina books. Molly worked at DreamWorks Feature Animation Studios for five years before turning to book illustration full-time. When not making mischief with her boys or watching old Technicolor musicals, she can be found at her desk scribbling away, with a pencil in one hand and a cup of espresso in the other. She now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her family and two snuggly cats. www.idleillustration.com @MollyIdle

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    • 4/5
      That charming young dancer Flora, whose adventures began in the Caldecott Honor-Book Flora and the Penguin and then continued in Flora and the Penguin, once again finds herself dancing with some avian partners in this third picture-book. Here she finds herself performing a fan dance with a pair of peacocks who have trouble sharing her as a partner. When she dances with one, the other sulks. When she approaches the other, her initial partner is outraged. When the peacocks' tug-of-war with her fan results in disaster, it seems as if the dance is at an end. Can these two birds find a way to make it up to Flora, and involve her in the dance once again...?Readers who have enjoyed Molly Idle's previous forays into the world of this delightful young dancer will have little doubt as to the answer to that question, although getting to the happy ending is still a distinct pleasure. Like its predecessors, Flora and the Peacocks is a wordless tale, one told entirely through the colorful artwork, and through the judicious use of flaps, which help to advance the plot and add to the sense of motion on the page. The final fold-out spread is really something, allowing the story to conclude in an exciting and spectacular way. Recommended to anyone who is looking for fun wordless picture-books, or who enjoyed the previous two Flora titles.
    • 4/5
      In this wordless picture book, a young girl sees two peacocks and tries to conduct a fan/feather dance with them. At first the peacocks are shyly suspicious of the young girl; later they are combative with one another. But eventually it all works out for a decadent display and perhaps the beginning of a beautiful friendship.This book is apparently the third in a loose series involving the title character and various feathered friends. I didn't know anything about it but when I saw the peacocks on the cover, I had to check it out (for I have a love of all things peacock). The wordless style was unexpected but works nicely for this simple tale, as the illustrations make good use of expressive body language to tell the story. The lift-the-flap addition allows for some interaction between the book and the young reader as well as making for a gorgeous splash page at the story's climax. As the book lacks any text, this makes a good title for little ones to explore on their own over and over again -- although I would argue a first "read" should still be done with an adult who can help place the pictures in context. This is a helpful book for talking about feelings and reading others' expressions, thus helping children with their own emotional intelligence. Also, the lack of words gives children the opportunity to be creative and make up their own dialogue to accompany the pages before them.
    • 5/5
      I will never tire of these beautiful, clever books. Fortunately, there are many, many birds. Now I've amused myself with the idea of a parody book "Flora and the Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock. Which leads to the recognition that no one names their child Alfred anymore, and that's how I know the world is becoming a better place.

      Molly Idle: making the world a better place by random association and gorgeous books.

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    • 5/5
      The emotional story was so well presented and the surprise happy ending absolutely delighted all of us (40, 9, and 5!).
    • 4/5
      Neat use of folding panels and pretty, pretty images. Great wordless books that express so much! Friendship and hurt feelings in this one. Really well done.