Florence the Flamingo: A Tale of Pride.

Florence the Flamingo: A Tale of Pride. Florence the Flamingo: A Tale of Pride Felicia Law, author Lilli Messina Windmill Books 303 Park Avenue South, Suite #1280, New York, NY 10010 9781607549017 $22.80 www.windmillbooks.com "Florence the Flamingo: A Tale of Pride" is a newaddition to the Animal Fair Values series. Written at a level 1 readinglevel and filled with luscious, colorful illustrations in shades ofpink, purple, and blue (with earth tones for the drought sections),"Florence the Flamingo" is a perfect reality-checkingself-awareness fable for children from pre-K through third grade.Florence the flamingo is very proud of her beauty. All she wants to dois gaze at herself in the water. Her fellow flock mates worry about herbecause she looks at herself so much she forgets to eat enough. One daytheir water hole begins to dry up and the flamingo flock decides to flyaway for more fish in a better location. Not Florence, she stays gazingat herself in the dwindling pool until the salt crust on her legs andher weakness chain her to the drying pool. A band of hungry hyenas waitsfor her to weaken further, then they will eat her. Luckily for Florence,some of her fellow flamingos decide to fly back and rescue her. Theypeck away her salty ankle cuffs and help her to fly away. Moral:Don't worry too much about appearances, or good looks. Rememberwhat matters is inside, and caring and relating to others."Florence the Flamingo" is an attractive teaching book with asection at the end to help readers learn more about flamingos, aboutpride, and about vocabulary.