The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense Sports_Gift_Guide or goes hunting for worms

or goes hunting for worms on his own

a philosopher cockroach who types messages to the author in lowercase letters (he is unable to use the typewriter’s shift key)

and change their relationship to their future

If her new companion doesn’t kill her first

Leonardo Padura takes us from the tenements and beaches of Cuba to Rembrandt’s gloomy studio in seventeenth-century Amsterdam

The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense Sports_Gift_Guide or goes hunting for wormsWritten with style and heart by Wolverton Hill and illustrated with whimsical art by Laura Carlin, this love letter to Edward Lear brings him wonderfully to life for young readers. A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2025! A 2026 Bologna Ragazzi Award Amazing Bookshelf Selection! Selected for The New Yorker's Holiday Gift Guide and the Politics & Prose Holiday Book Guide! One of New York Magazine The Strategist's Best New Books for Kids Published