Nicholas Fisk
Nicholas Fisk is the pseudonym of David Higginbottom (born 1923). He is a writer of science fiction books, mainly for children.
Not a Dickybird
Illustrated by David Farris.
Tom and Polly discover a huge, colourful parrot in their kitchen. Mister Macaw is a loquacious and very bossy bird who has swallowed an English dictionary and is desperate to get back to the tropical rain forest. The threesome must find a way of paying his air fare.
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