Nerdy Birdy Tweets

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 6, 2018

Review

Nerdy Birdy (2015) is back with his small brown body, huge glasses and huge love of video games. He is best friends with the very different Vulture, who enjoys eating dead things. When Nerdy Birdy discovers Tweetster, his addiction to his new social media friends places his friendship with Vulture on the back burner. The cartoon illustration layout varies between full page spreads and graphic comic frames. The text is placed around the page with lines indicating who is speaking and other times without word bubbles. Davies illustrations are hilarious and will engage a group. This is a cautionary tale about social media pitfalls for younger readers. Although the content would provide fodder for conversations with 3-5 graders, the topic of social media may be premature in most preschool settings. Nonetheless, parents will get a chuckle from this picture book.

Overall Book Score: good