Wishing Bird looks at her reflection in a pool of water and doesn't like what she sees. She decides her feathers are too many colours and begins to wish to be different. Every time she sees a different coloured animal she wishes to be like it and her feathers change colour. In the end she realises she looks best in her original state and wishes her feathers back the way they were at the start of the story.

 

This book is part of a book series called Viking Kestrel Picture .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Alison Boyle is a well-known children's picture book writer. She previously worked as a packager, editorial consultant, freelance journalist, managing editor and lecturer. Alison lives in Oxford. David Wojtowycz is a popular, award-winning children's illustrator, particularly well-known for such successful picture books as RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, produced in partnership with the writer Giles Andreae. Their book THE LION WHO WANTED TO LOVE won the Children's Book Award. David lives in London. David Wojtowycz is the illustrator of many bestselling children's books, including Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean and The Lion Who Wanted to Love , winner of the Red House Children's Book Award. He lives and works in Berlin.