Willie Was Different: A Children's Story

Willie Was Different: A Children's StoryWillie is a wood thrush but a very different kind of wood thrush. Driven by his intimation that he possesses a special genius, Willie leaves his avian fellows to take up singing with the exquisitely down to earth Miss Polly, flautist extraordinaire. Together they find fame, and they eventually travel to the nation's capitol so Willie's beautiful singing can be appreciated all the more. Yet all the attention and bustle of city life distress Willie and

Willie is a wood thrush--but a very different kind of wood thrush. Driven by his intimation that he possesses a special genius, Willie leaves his avian fellows to take up singing with the exquisitely down-to-earth Miss Polly, flautist extraordinaire. Together they find fame, and they eventually travel to the nation's capitol so Willie's beautiful singing can be appreciated all the more. Yet all the attention and bustle of city life distress Willie and make him stop singing, so Miss Polly brings Willie back to his native woods, where he resumes his tranquil life and music-making with her. But the world remembers and reveres Willie and the genius of his song.

Share Willie's timeless story with the children in your life.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 09/17/1994
ISBN: 9780936399614
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 10.32h x 8.38w x 0.41d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/1994 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 11/14/1994 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1994 pg. 53 - Recommended, Satisfactory