The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me - Hardcover

Wallace, Carol; Wallace, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671025058 ISBN 13: 9780671025052

Publisher: Minstrel Books, 1999

Synopsis

When a baby mockingbird falls out of her nest, she is adopted by Gray, a local cat, who names her Flea and protects her from the monster rats that live in the barn and the Bullsnake under the woodpile as he tries to come up with a plan to find her family before they fly south to Florida.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.
One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work.
Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story.
Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minstrel Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0671025058
• ISBN 13: 9780671025052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Slonim David