Restless Robin

by Marjorie Flack

The journey of a robin as it migrates and meets other birds and starts a family.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjori...

Marjorie Flack was an American artist and writer of children's picture books. She was best known for The Story about Ping (1933), illustrated by Kurt Wiese, popularized by Captain Kangaroo, and for her stories of an insatiably curious Scottish terrier named Angus, who was actually her dog. Her first marriage was to artist Karl Larsson; she later married poet William Rose Benét.

Her book Angus Lost was featured prominently in the film Ask the Dust (2006), starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, in which Farrell's character teaches Hayek's character, a Mexican, to read English using Flack's book.

Flack's grandson, Tim Barnum, and his wife, Darlene Enix-Barnum, currently sponsor an annual creative writing award at Anne Arundel Community College. The Marjorie Flack Award for Fiction consists of a $250 prize for the best short story or children's storybook written by a current AACC student.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This delightful book published in 1937 was written and illustrated by The author. The wonderful color illustrations are on every page. I feel like it is one of the best illustrated from that time period. It also has piano music to mimic the various bird songs in the book. I loved it!

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much more than just a little story about migrating robins, this book has pictures of all kinds of different birds and musical notation for their calls.