The Parrot Tico Tango
Anna White
Barefoot Books (2004)
This is a stunning cumulative picture book about a special Parrot that we both adore!. Tico Tango takes, steals, seizes, grabs, and snatches fruit from his friends. Eventually, he takes too much and all the fruit falls to the ground to be disbursed among his friends. There's a moral too--- "Tico Tango feels contrite-- he knew he had to put things right."
The pictures are bright and colorful, very tropical looking and the prose consists of beautifully rhyming couplets that flow from thine lips. Here's a random page: "The Parrot Tico Tango Had a round yellow mango, And he carried to his right A lemon small and bright, and on his left a fig , Which was purple sweet and big, And Tico Tango knew that he had to have it too, So he grabbed it!"
Anna Witte has written one other children's book called Lola's Fandango, about discovering your inner strength and spirit(Yep, I am going to take this one out from the library as soon as possible). She also has written for a television series:
From her website: http://www.annawitte.com
TIKITIKLIP II, a series of short animated films based on the myths and stories of pre-Hispanic cultures of Latin America, was a finalist at the Prix Jeunesse International 2010 Festival. www.prixjeunesse.de
A clip from the first TIKITIKLIP series
Here is the song Tico Tango (which may be in the newer editions): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAnI3sQVIzI
Finally, it is worth mentioning that Barefoot Books is a very interesting publishing company started by moms. http://www.barefootbooks.com/?bf_affiliate_code=000-0g7p-4828
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