The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor: A Life
“especially prepared for highly intelligent adults and precocious children”
forthcoming from Enchanted Lion Books, May, 2020
“I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs.” ―Flannery O’Connor
When she was young, the writer Flannery O’Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She’d watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life. But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor explores the beginnings of one author’s lifelong obsession.
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books Imprint: Enchanted Lion Books
ISBN 13: 9781592702954 ISBN 10: 1592702953
Price: / $24.99 CAN$18.95
Flannery and the Peacock
This picture book biography tells the story of author Flannery O'Connor's childhood quest to discover the perfect bird and, ultimately, the perfect story—revealing a girl coming into her own, pursuing her obsessions, and embracing her strangeness.
Illustrator: PING ZHU
Ping Zhu painted these birds for Plansponsor, but the combination of humor, beauty and strangeness here show why Zhu is the ideal illustrator for this tale of funny, beautiful, strange Flannery. See more of Ping Zhu's illustration work on her website.
The best Comic Ever
This hilarious comic by Harry Bliss ©2017 appeared in The Chicago Tribune shortly after Enchanted Lion Books accepted Flannery and the Peacock. Now there actually will be a Flannery O'Connor book to read with children at bedtime!