

She uses mixed media collage to great effect to illustrate her story, making this a gorgeous book to use in a storytime. This is a sweet story about individuality, by collage artist Marit Menzin. When he sees The Amazing Mockingbird sing, and finds out the bird’s secret, he wants to change his song – but learns that singing your own song is the best song of all. Papa Crow tells his son that he always knows where to find him when he follows his song, but Little Crow wants to sing like the other birds. $16.99 ISBN: 978-0764341311Ī young crow sings his happy song wherever he goes, but the birds around him – Goldfinches, Flycatchers, and Cardinals, to name a few – can’t bear to hear Little Crow’s caw. A Song for Papa Crow, by Marit Menzin (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
