by JoanRankin (Author)
Walliwigs is a thin and scrawny, strange-looking bird who, after being dumped in Martha's hen yard and ridiculed by all the other birds, is literally taken under Martha's wing and given her unconditional love. Then a visiting ornithologist identifies him as a rare species of parrot.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 30
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books
Published: 03 Jun 1999
ISBN 10: 0370323181
ISBN 13: 9780370323183
Book Overview: In 1991 Joan Rankin won the Katrine Harries Award for her illustrations.