Colorful Peacocks Review

Colorful Peacocks [2007, Lerner Publications Company, ISBN - 13: 978-0-8225-5930-6], by Deborah Underwood, is a 32-page children's book about peacocks. This book is quite small, about 6" X 6" with a hard cover and paper pages.

The Story:

Colorful Peacocks is actually about peafowl (peacocks--males, peahens--females, and peachicks--babies) and includes quite a few pictures of these beautiful birds. I would have never thought of a peacock blending in with a tree, but a picture shows how the tail feathers actually do blend in.

This book has quite a few interesting facts that I didn't know. I thought it was interesting that peafowl might eat a snake and that peacocks don't get their train (long tail) feathers until they are three years old.

The back of the book has a map of Asia and asks where peacocks live, but the book doesn't seem to answer that question. Hmmm.... It also identifies the various parts of a peacock's body and also includes a glossary and websites.

My girls and I particularly liked seeing the pictures of the peachicks and the baby just laughed and laughed to get to see a peacock's behind!

My Viewpoint:

Colorful Peacocks has some interesting information and nice pictures of peafowl. We live near a farm with peacocks, and my 2-year-old loves to hear them--they make a very distinctive noise. I once saw an albino peacock in a small zoo near Myrtle Beach and have always liked these interesting birds.