Benjamin's Blue Feet

A young bird with a flair for discovery and invention learns self-acceptance one blue-footed step at a time.

About the author

Sue Macartney's creative style as an author-illustrator has been shaped by life on four continents and work as a graphic designer and children's art educator. She has a deep love of nature and lives in Victoria, British Columbia with her husband and a backyard full of birds.


Sue Macartney's creative style as an author-illustrator has been shaped by life on four continents and work as a graphic designer and children's art educator. She has a deep love of nature and lives in Victoria, British Columbia with her husband and a backyard full of birds.

Summary

A young bird with a flair for discovery and invention learns self-acceptance one blue-footed step at a time.

Benjamin the blue-footed booby is coming of age in his flock’s world of flying, diving, swimming, and fishing. But he already has a unique gift: treasure-hunting. One day, after finding a mirror, Benjamin becomes convinced that his beak is too long, his wings are too wide, and his feet are too big and blue. He decides to use his treasures to change himself.

But without his beak, wings, and feet, is he even a blue-footed booby anymore?

Illustrated with Sue Macartney’s lively, light graphic art style, Benjamin’s Blue Feet is a playful, jovial picture book about self-image and self-worth. Packed with humor and heart, it is sure to become a new storytime favorite.

Foreword

5,000-copy print run; featured at PLA, TLA, ALA Midwinter, and ALA Annual with the Publisher Spotlight booth; pitch to major review media, including The New York Times, The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; targeted marketing to major review centers, influential bloggers, and major library system selectors; promotion on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest; E-newsletter promotionPublisher

Product details

• Authors: Sue Macartney
• Assisted by: Sue Macartney (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2020
• EAN: 9781772781113
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-111-3
• No. of pages: 32
• Illustrations: Full-color illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Interest age: from c 3 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature & animal stories, Galapagos Islands, Individual differences – Juvenile fiction, Body image – Juvenile fiction, Blue-footed booby – Juvenile fiction, 5-7 years, Picture Book, Fiction, Non-character, Non Tie-in