Mingo the flamingo

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Title:

Mingo the flamingo

Author:

Oswald, Pete author.

ISBN:

9780062391988

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2017.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject Term:

Flamingos -- Fiction.

Birds -- Migration -- Fiction.

Domestic animals -- Fiction.

Amnesia -- Fiction.

Added Author:

Thompson, Justin K., 1974-

Summary:

Mingo is injured and loses his memory when he faces a bad storm during his first migration, but he makes friends who will do whatever it takes to help him heal and get back where he belongs.

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From The Bad Seed illustrator, Pete Oswald, and Emmy Award-winning artist Justin K. Thompson comes a hilarious story about a migrating flamingo who crash-lands in Siberia and has no clue who or where he is...

Is it a golf club? Is it a garden gnome? No. It's Mingo the flamingo!

From author-illustrator team Pete Oswald and Justin K. Thompson comes a hilarious picture book about a flamingo named Mingo who is ready to fly but gets lost from the rest of the flock during a terrible storm. To make matters worse, when he crashes, he completely forgets who he is and where he belongs. With the help and training from some new friends, he must find the strength to make it back home and reunite with his family.

Mingo the Flamingo's dynamic and artistic style and black-and-white illustrations will be sure to please fans of Hello, My Name is Octicorn by Kevin Diller, The Blobfish Book by Jessica Olien, and other strange and wonderful creatures.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-It's a big day for young Mingo the flamingo. His bags are packed, and he is ready to head south with his family for the first time. However, a harsh winter storm leaves Mingo on a snowy farm surrounded by strangers instead. With an injured wing and a bump on the head, Mingo meets some new barnyard pals, who help him recover the strength to fly south and locate his family. A bright pink Mingo against a muted snow scene makes a wonderful cover, and the illustrations continue to delight throughout. VERDICT A fun story, full of great lessons on perseverance, migration, and the importance of accepting differences. Mingo should find a home in most picture book collections.-Betsy Davison, Cortland Free Library, NY © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Mingo is a young flamingo ready to migrate south with the rest of his flock, when a storm knocks him off course and into the middle of a farmyard blanketed in snow. The gouache-and-digital illustrations, contrasting the vivid pink of the flamingo with the grays, whites, and browns of the farm, play up just how out of place Mingo is here. None of the farm animals knows what to make of the strange pink bird, or what his use may be (golf club? lawn ornament?), but they welcome him all the same. Unable to remember how he got there, Mingo tries his hardest to fit in on the farm, and his efforts prove both funny and poignant. When Mingo catches sight of a migrating flock of geese, he finally remembers what he is and how to find his family but it takes the help of his barnyard friends and some creative thinking to send him on his way. Attractive illustrations, humor, and a moving story make this an engrossing read.--Fletcher, Connie Copyright 2017 Booklist

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