There is a Bird on Your Head! - Modern Fantasy

The book, There is a Bird on Your Head, was written by Mo Williams. In this book, there are two characters, an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggy. One day, Piggy tells Gerald that a bird has landed on his head. Gerald gets very aggravated because he does not want a bird on his head. Soon after, a second bird lands on his head and begins to make a nest with the first bird. Piggy tells Gerald they are making a nest because they are love birds. Next, the love birds lay three eggs in their nest on top of Gerald's head. Once the eggs have hatched into three baby chicks, Gerald tells piggy that he does not want "three baby chicks, two birds and a nest" on his head. Piggy asks Gerald where he wants them and he says somewhere else! Piggy clamly tells Gerald to ask the birds to move off of his head. Gerald is surprised by such an easy resolution to his problem but gives it a try. He says, "excuse me, will you please go somewhere else?". To his surprise the birds agree and leave Gerald's head. The ending of the book is comical because the place the birds decided to relocate to was on top of Piggy's head.

This book is an example of a Modern Fantasy book because it involves talking animals. Animal Fantasy is one of the main aspects of Modern Fantasy novels. I think since animals are such a big part of children's lives that books which incorporate them speaking and living as humans do can really realte to a child. They like hearing stories about animals talking because it makes it seem like they are really real.

I think this is a great book because it is humorous and easy to read. I read this book to a Kindergarten class at Captain Elementary school for my Read Aloud and all the studnets really loved it. They wanted me to read it multiple times and they laughed every time when I got to the ending when the birds land on Piggy's head!

Mo Williams is a Best - Selling Picture Book Creator and this book was the winner of the 2008 Theodor Suess Geisel Award.

Williams, Mo. There is a Bird on Your Head. New York City: Hyperion Books for Children, 2007.