An arrogant and greedy princess's chances with a handsome prince are ruined when her parrot repeats to him all the rude comments the princess has made.
Caring for Ivy's talking parrot while she is on vacation, Julie rapidly discovers that an old friend has been hiding secrets that might be causing strange occurrences at Ivy's house, in a tale inspired by the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill and the vegetarianism movement of the 1970s.
Otto, a sweet-natured elephant, dons a trenchcoat and fedora and, accompanied by his pal Crackers the parrot, heads to America in search of his childhood friend Georgie, a chimpanzee who was abducted from their forest home by a man with a wooden nose.
Nothing seems to go right for Eugene, even when he wins a free trip to Bermuda, but while he is stranded on a tiny, deserted island after being shipwrecked, a broken-winged parrot tells him how to build a boat so that they can both be rescued.
Simple text and photographs provide an introduction to taking care of a pet parakeet, discussing food, health, safety, play, needs, and dangers and including fun facts, a glossary, and a list of related resources.
