{"id":11813,"date":"2021-04-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:27:20","slug":"h-is-for-brainy-pigeon-homer-on-the-case-of-the-missing-watch-by-henry-cole-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11813","title":{"rendered":"H is for brainy pigeon HOMER ON THE CASE of the missing watch! by Henry Cole (MG book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Racing for home,
Navigating by instinct,
Aware of changing conditions – and crooks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homer enjoys training for competitions as Otto and Grandpa drive far from town and let the homing pigeon<\/a> free to zoom back to his rooftop enclosure – watch out for hawks en route!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He taught himself to read the newspapers lining his cage and keeps up with all the town news, so Homer knows he’ll find his bird friend Carlos and some free food at the street fair in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They witness a bold daytime heist, as two rats steal a gold bracelet! That’s just the first in a rash of thefts as park visitors are suddenly missing a gold pen, a shiny hairclip, jeweled dog collars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otto and Homer are happy to meet Charlotte and her vivid green Amazon parrot<\/a> Lulu in the park – where the new bird-buddles get word from Carlos that Grandpa’s keepsake gold watch has just been stolen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s the last straw! Lulu can speak her own mind in Human, and speedster Homer can read the Dick Tracy comics – this brilliant pair of birds will find the thieves who are stealing lovely keepsakes from their neighborhood park!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the streets, down into the storm drains?
Why would rats and cats steal so many things they can’t eat?
Can they convince Otto and Charlotte to help them get to the bottom of this mystery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the author-illustrator’s detailed sketches of our brave bird heroes and their faithful human friends as they follow the clues just like Homer’s favorite fictional detective!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Homer on the Case \/ Henry Cole, writer & illustrator. Peachtree Publishing, 2021. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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