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Nerdy Birdy Tweets
Nerdy Birdy Tweets
Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: March 6, 2018
Review
Nerdy Birdy (2015) is back with his small brown body, huge glasses and huge love of video games. He is best friends with the very different Vulture, who enjoys eating dead things. When Nerdy Birdy discovers Tweetster, his addiction to his new social media friends places his friendship with Vulture on the back burner. The cartoon illustration layout varies between full page spreads and graphic comic frames. The text is placed around the page with lines indicating who is speaking and other times without word bubbles. Davies illustrations are hilarious and will engage a group. This is a cautionary tale about social media pitfalls for younger readers. Although the content would provide fodder for conversations with 3-5 graders, the topic of social media may be premature in most preschool settings. Nonetheless, parents will get a chuckle from this picture book.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Reynolds, Aaron
Illustrator: Davies, Matt
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press/
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre:
Audience: grades k-3
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9781626721289
Price: 17.99