Birds on Wishbone Street

A simple act of neighborly kindness and a bird that needs their aid helps former refugee Sami settle into his new community with new-found friend Moe

Moe's neighbors on Wishbone Street come from all over the world, and she's excited to meet the new boy who just arrived from Syria. Sami isn't quite ready to talk about his past, but he loves birds just as much as Moe does. And who wouldn't have fun in a parkette full of packing snow? When the children discover a female cardinal stunned by the cold, Sami uses his experience taking care of pigeons in Syria to help rescue the bird--an incident that helps Sami to feel more at home.

In Birds on Wishbone Street, author/illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo demonstrates the power of an act of kindness, telling a story about finding home and making friends in new places. Illustrated with her signature polymer clay art, the story revisits characters from Del Rizzo's New York Times Notable My Beautiful Birds and reminds us that we're all more similar than we are different.

Author: Suzanne del Rizzo
Publisher: Pajama Press
Published: 11/23/2021
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 10.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781772782196

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 11/15/2021
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2022 pg. 81

About the Author
del Rizzo, Suzanne: -

Suzanne Del Rizzo has always loved getting her hands messy. She traded her job in scientific research for a career in children's illustration with her first picture book, Skink on the Brink, which won the SCBWI Crystal Kite award and was a finalist for the Rainforest of Reading Award. My Beautiful Birds was also an SCBWI Crystal Kite winner, as well as a Malka Penn Award winner, a Marilyn Bailie Picture Book Award finalist, and a New York Times Notable Children's Book. Suzanne's dimensional illustrations use polymer clay, acrylic glaze, and other mixed media to bring rich texture and imagination to her books.