Mud City

A Flamingo Story

Brenda Z. Guiberson

Henry Holt and Co.

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The shallow lake is crowded with flamingos. A few stand on a toothpick leg and doze. Others dip their heads upside down into the cloudy water to eat. But most sit on a mud nest to shade an egg from the blistering sun.

Follow a flamingo from egg through adulthood in this fascinating tale

On a muddy mound in a salty lake, a mother and father flamingo take turns protecting their egg from the hot sun. Soon a fluffy white chick hatches in the nest near the mangrove roots.
Just four days later the chick learns to swim. By the time he is five weeks old, he can find food for himself. When pink feathers replace his white baby down, he is ready to learn to fly.

For years the young bird flocks with other flamingos in quiet lagoons and salty lakes. At last he finds a mate and returns to the mud city near the mangrove trees to build a nest of his own.

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Brenda Z. Guiberson

Brenda Z. Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Moon Bear and Disasters. As a child, Brenda never thought she wanted to be a writer—her dreams tended more toward jungle explorer. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in English and Fine Art. She started thinking about writing for children when her son went to elementary school, and she volunteered in his class and in the school library. After taking exciting trips that involved a fifty-foot cactus, hungry alligators and sunset-colored spoonbills, she wanted to create books for children that would be like a field trip. Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure—one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Mud City
A Flamingo Story
Brenda Z. Guiberson

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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Henry Holt and Co.
June 2005
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805071771
ISBN10: 0805071776
Picture Book Nonfiction
8 1/2 x 11 inches, 32 pages, full-color throughout
Age Range: 4 to 8
Grade Range: p to 3
$16.95
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