Cockney Sparrow Corner (Illustrated): Tales of the New River - Tommy Kearney

Illustrated edition of Cockney Sparrow Corner, the first book from the Tales from the New River series. Tasmin a young married blue tit is about to become a mother. When a man puts up a sign near to their home. Tasmin has a feeling that her nest and the future of the New River is under threat. As blue tits cant read their friend Cora Coo, a wood pigeon suggests they ask the cemetery owl for help as everyone knows that owls are wise and all wise beings must be able to read. Terry is reluctant to go as he has never left the New River and all songbirds know that owls have a taste for small birds. Will the Cemetery owl help them? Or will the fate of the New River rest in the hands of a much smaller bird? Titles in the series are: Cockney Sparrow Corner, The Rise of Whistler, The Battle for Highbury Corner, Liverbirds & Eagles, Barbican.