Arnie, the Darling Starling

By: Margarete S. Corbo and Diane M. Barras

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Synopsis: This true story of a talking starling and the grandmother who raised him is as heartwarming a book as you will ever read-a new classic in the tradition of Rascal, Born Free, and That Quail, Robert. When Margarete first came upon Arnie, he was just a familiar springtime sight: a baby bird lying helpless in the daisy patch. After unsuccessfully trying to return him to his nest, she took him into her Texas home and raised him as carefully as she had raised her own child, teaching him to perch, to fly, even to talk. Arnie resisted all attempts to restore him to the wild, preferring steak and canned corn to worms, which frightened him, and even developing a taste for wine. Most astonishing of all, he learned to talk and sing, and he had a remarkable influence on a number of lives. Lenny, the young drug addict, paused on the road to self-destruction, so enthralled by Arnie that he carried a dog-eared picture of him in his wallet. Suzanne, the Vietnamese refugee, learned from Arnie that the wrong home can be a prison and fled to Colorado to start a happier, new life. Marguerette also learned that change could be a good thing from that little bird.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 235 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780395343906
Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Date of Addition:: 02/11/13
Copyrighted By:: Margarete Sigl Corbo and Diane Marie Barras
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:: Shelley L. Rhodes
Proofread By:: Amber Hinkle
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.