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Flo has everything a budgie could want-a comfortable life and lots of toys. So it is a horrible shock when she has to leave her home and go to live in an aviary full of other budgies. Can Flo learn to live with others when she is such a very special budgie? With the help of Fred and his budgie choir, she just might find a new place to call home. This beautifully illustrated story is perfect for young children. Joan M. Wright is an English-born author and illustrator who immigrated to Canada in 1952, where she pursued a career in librarianship. Taking early retirement, she resumed a hobby of botanical art and children's book illustration. She lives in Toronto with two dogs and two budgies.

Flo lived in a beautiful cage surrounded by toys and fancy seeds. When her owner died, Flo was taken away and placed in an aviary with lots of other budgies. It took her a long time to settle down. After all, she was special and had won prizes in budgerigar shows, had a ring on her leg and felt that she did not belong in an aviary with ordinary birds. One day her ring caught on a twig and she shrilled for help. Fred, the leader of the budgie choir, came to her rescue, and was so taken with her lovely voice that he suggested she join his choir. Gradually Flo settled down, and the aviary, once a lonely place for her, became her new home.