Bibliograph

Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird, by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrations by Meilo So

Type

Label

Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird, by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrations by Meilo So

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

680L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird

Oclc number

716068981

Responsibility statement

by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrations by Meilo So

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 4.1, 0.5, 0.5, 154017

Summary

"In 1977, graduate student Irene Pepperberg walked into a pet store and bought a year-old African grey parrot. Because she was going to study him, she decided to call him Alex--short for Avian Learning Experiment. At that time, most scientists thought that the bigger the brain, the smarter the creature; they studied great apes and dolphins. African greys, with their walnut sized 'birdbrains," were pretty much ignored--until Alex"--P. [2] of cover

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

No ordinary bird

Classification