Author: Morris Gleitzman
Illustrator:
Title: Sticky Beak
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Children novel 8+Theme: Australia, fathers and daughters, Deaf
Primary and secondary characters: Rowena, Amanda, Mrs. Dunning, dad,Darryn Peck
Date: 1993
Publisher Company: Pan Macmillan Publishers Australia
Brief summary on how to use for students: This book can be used with students who are mute or dealing with jealousy issues with parents expecting a baby brother or sister.
Summary: Rowena is a mute child who at a going away party for her step mom throws a bowl of custard on the whole crowd. She does not realize why she threw the custard on everyone. Walking home from school one day, she rescues a cockatoo from the class bully Darryn Peck. She begins to make sense of her feelings about the new baby her father and stepmother are expecting.
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