The Masterwork of a Painting Elephant

by Michelle Cuevas

Ever since he was an infant, Pigeon Jones has lived on the back of an artistically gifted white elephant named Birch. Birch is a loving father, but that doesn't stop Pigeon from wondering about the human parents who abandoned him. Birch has dreams, too of being a well-known artist, and of finding the acrobat he fell in love with while they performed together in a circus years ago.And so, on Pigeon's tenth birthday, their search for fame and lost loves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374348545
• ISBN13: 9780374348540
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6