AGE: 5-7
A tale of love in springtime,
featuring a vain peacock and a wise peahen, unfolds before the eyes of all the
farm animals – from the tiny barn mouse to the big, bossy bull. The story is
also about beautiful tail feathers that stretch out into a fabulous fan, until
one by one they are plucked out, teaching an arrogant bird a lesson in
humility. But above all, this is a story about giving that is suffused with
love.
This is how it begins:
"It all started in the
springtime,
When Peter the Peacock met Paula the
gray peahen,
And thought that she was very
beautiful.
He was so excited that he spread out
his fan of tail fathers,
Shook them with pride, puffed up his
chest, and shouted as loud as he could,
'I am Peter the Peacock! I am King of
Birds, because I am the most handsome bird in the world!'
'I don't like show-offs!'
Squawked Paula the Peahen, and she
turned her back and looked away."
Illustrations: Liora Grossman
ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE (for
publishes only).
REVIEWS
A magical tale of pride, generosity
and true love … In addition, it is impossible not to enthuse about the work of
the illustrator, who was inspired by the works of the Viennese artist Gustav
Klimt.
Meira Barnea Goldberg, Mako
