![]() Despite his “I’m a big rabbit” assertion, that glow creeps him out, so he stuffs them in the hamper and dons Plain White. Plain White satisfies him until he spies them: “Creepy underwear! So creepy! So comfy! They were glorious.” The underwear of his dreams is a pair of radioactive-green briefs with a Frankenstein face on the front, the green color standing out all the more due to Brown’s choice to do the entire book in grayscale save for the underwear’s glowing green…and glow they do, as Jasper soon discovers. Reynolds and Brown have crafted a Halloween tale that balances a really spooky premise with the hilarity that accompanies any mention of underwear. Some birds, like the owl and a finch, are quite realistic, especially compared to cartoonish Franky.Īn entertaining bird tale for lap readers. Reitsma’s brightly colored, uneven digital illustrations combine cartoon and abstract styles, showing the protagonist against softly shaded backgrounds. The humorous twist at the end introduces a new problem that will spark giggles. Rhythmic expressions like “peckity-peck” and “blinkety-blink” make the poem fun to read aloud. Luthman, whose Little Birdie Grows Up (2016) also featured an avian protagonist, uses simple vocabulary in paired lines of rhymes, making the text accessible to newly independent readers. In the case of Franky, there’s only one item that keeps him pink, so his pickiness-once he returns to his proper food source-is perfect. Based on the scientific fact that the flamingo’s pink color comes from its food, the story plays with the idea that fussy eaters just need to learn to love the right cuisine. When Franky starts eating pink shellfish again, his color returns. After his color begins to fade, he trusts a wise owl to give him food advice. He’s fondly called a finicky dude.” He investigates the choices of other birds to discover another option, but as he tries worms, nuts, and nectar, he decides he doesn’t like any of them. He has one big problem: “Franky does not like his food. ![]() If you would like your very own Fabulous Flamingo, I have connections.A flamingo finds his perfect food in this first installment of a picture-book series.įranky is a pink flamingo who wears a bow tie. ![]() Thanks for visiting my blog, and thanks for the inspiration Tic Tac Toe designers! It was making me think about those black rhinestones from the Holiday catalog that everyone is wanting. I really like this sentiment for the inside, especially since the flamingo is a silhouette, and you can’t see her face.Īs it turned out, I added black sequins, and completed the top row across also. For plants I used my favorite die from the Botanical Builder set, cutting the fern shape from a piece of Delightful Daisy DSP.īefore placing my fabulous “finicky” flamingo, I stamped her long legs. I also added a layer of black and white stripe DSP on the Basic Black card base, since I was free to layer now. I used the Layering Circles dies for the stacked sentiment, “thanks,” killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. The third square was “one layer,” and this eliminated the left row down, forcing me to change midstream to right row down. Top left, and middle left squares, check.īut, a stumbling block occurred when my flamingo asked to be fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals. ![]() I stamped the flamingo in Basic Black ink on Old Olive cardstock, and I chose “thanks” from the At Home With You stamp set, plus a sentiment for the inside from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. After looking at the squares, I definitely wanted to use a black silhouette, and I chose our Fabulous Flamingo. I was anxious to use the new, trendy, Holiday colors of black and olive green, so that was my starting point for this week’s Tic Tac Toe challenge #009.
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