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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Birds of a feather...
By Carole P. Roman
Wonderful little tale about making friends. Ruby is a friendly bird who goes from place to place to politely introduce herself and ask if any bird she meets wants to be her friend. She learns a little bit about each one she meets. Some like to fly, others can't and one bird is not interested in her at all, and while it saddens her, that's perfectly okay. She finally finds a flock of birds exactly like herself. Stead's sparse dialogue gets to the point immediately, that everybody is different. We should not be intimated by those differences, or in fact if someone chooses not to be a friend, we have to move on and find someone who will.. In the end, birds of a feather do not have to flock together, they can flock with a variety of differences and enjoy each other.Lovely book, about breaking the ice, moving on and having confidence in yourself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
All about love, friendship, love and seeing the good in others
By Denis Vukosav
“Hello, My Name Is Ruby” written by Philip C. Stead brings a nice children book story about friendship and love presented through the adventures of one little bird.The main character, a cute small bird named Ruby who sings beautifully wants to meet new friends. Therefore she will introduce herself to every other animal – a giraffe, a stork, and others – she will meet on her way. Besides she lacks the company, Ruby is also a very curious bird so she will ask all kinds of questions.In the end, Ruby will meet another bird which has already heard about Ruby; he will help her to surpass all her dreams and bravely fly away to new adventures…Philip C. Stead with “Hello, My Name Is Ruby” made a warm and inspiring story for younger children that will be able to fully enjoy this little bird search for friends, adventures and knowledge. Besides his story is all about love, friendship and love, Stead’s work brings wonderful message about seeing the good in others.How much young readers will enjoy the text of this story, equally can be enjoyed in its imaginative and expressive illustrations that are made in younger child drawings manner giving this book a special charm. The author used various though similar art techniques – colored pencils, markers and crayons - which will certainly encourage children to after its reading try to draw something by themselvesThese all are reasons why in this picture book will fully enjoy children between 2 and 5 years; I can confirm that on the basis of my own experience - my little girl who with delight turns its pages while her Dad reads about the adventures of a small Ruby.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Nice pictures, simple story
By ChavahAZ
Beautiful illustrations, and a nice simple story. It's very sparse, but the pictures give us a lot to talk about. Will grow nicely with my two year old.
