Caldecott Honoree Elisha Cooper returns with a unique and playful tale about an imaginative house cat who dreams of all the wild things it can be.
The imagination of one housecat takes him to unexpected adventures as he dreams of spreading his wings as a "Rare Bird".
A Rare Bird can do anything!
Fly fast through the forest,
or splash in the bird baths,
or meet animals from faraway lands.....
Readers will fall head over heels for this extraordinary tale of dreaming, the power of imagination, and the freedom of creativity.
The Rare Bird by Elisha Cooper, Elisha Cooper (Illustrator)
Elisha Cooper is an author/illustrator who has received a Caldecott Honor for Big Cat, Little Cat, and his following book River won the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize. One of his earlier books, Dance!, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, and Beach won the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. In 2016 he was awarded a Sendak Fellowship. His essays and sketchbooks have appeared in the sports section of The New York Times. Cooper lives with his wife, daughters, and cats in New York City.
ISBN-13: 9781250364395
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication date: 02/24/2026
Pages: 40
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 3 - 6 YearsBISAC Categories:
Picture Books - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats
Picture Books - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play-Dreams -Imagination
-Cats -Animals
-Animal fiction -Picture books
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