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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sattler, Jennifer Gordon.

  Sylvie / by Jennifer Sattler. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: When Sylvie the pink flamingo learns her color comes from the little pink shrimp she eats,

  she decides to expand her choices, trying everything under the sun, and unfortunately, overdoing it.

  ISBN 978-0-375-85708-9 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-95708-6 (lib. bdg.) —

  eISBN: 978-0-307-97661-1 (ebk)

  [1. Flamingos—Fiction. 2. Birds—Fiction. 3. Food—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.S24935Sy 2009

  [E]—dc22

  2008011259

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  To Paul, who always said this would happen.

  And to Anna, who made it so.

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  First Page

  About the Author and Illustrator

  One morning, Sylvie looked at her family.

  Then she looked around at everything else.

  “Mama,” she asked, “why are we pink?”

  “Well, dear, we’re pink because the little shrimp we eat are pink,” said Mama.

  “Hmmm …”

  That gave Sylvie an idea.

  She tried nibbling on some palm leaves.

  Sure enough, she started to turn green!

  Next she spotted some delicious-looking grapes.

  The grapes turned Sylvie positively purple!

  But Sylvie didn’t stop there!

  She thought she’d look yummy in chocolate!

  She was right!

  “What a beautiful sky!” said Sylvie.

  “It’s the perfect shade of …”

  “… blue!”

  Sylvie just happened to be flying by a kite …

  … and became Scarlet Sylvie with just one bite!

  What fun she was having!

  She wondered what stripes might taste like.

  “Hmmm … rather stripy.”

  Why wear flowers on just your head …

  … when you can be a whole bouquet!

  Sylvie had to tiptoe across the sand for a taste of swimsuit.

  It was worth it, to be paisley!

  But after stuffing her tummy all day, Sylvie didn’t feel so well.

  In fact, Sylvie didn’t feel like Sylvie at all.

  She looked at herself.

  Then she looked at her family.

  Sylvie decided to go back to eating little pink shrimp…

  … with a little dessert.

  Jennifer Sattler has a studio in the woods behind her house where she paints endearing creatures like Sylvie while her daughters create their own works of art on the floor. Before starting a family, Jennifer received her BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire and her MFA from Indiana University’s Hope School of Fine Arts. She has taught painting and drawing and exhibited extensively, winning an NEA grant in 1996. She is now a full-time mom living in Greenfield, New York, with her husband, Paul, their daughters, Mayzie and Lilia, and two dogs, Bella and Henry.

 

 

  Jennifer Sattler, Sylvie

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