01791cam a2200301 4500 62144036 TxAuBib 20090605120000.0 090605s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004061503 9780375832734 0375832734 9780375932731 lib. bdg. 0375932739 lib. bdg. DLC DLC IG# BAKER ASC XY4 DLC TxAuBib Pericoli, Matteo, 1968- The true story of Stellina / Matteo Pericoli. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2006. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm. The true story of a baby finch rescued and raised by the author and his wife. Stellina was a bird: "Cheep", a very little bird: "cheep!cheep!" So begins critically acclaimed author Matteo Pericoli's all-true story of how he and his wife, Holly, came to rescue and raise a little finch, Stellina, in the middle of New York City. When no zoo would take the abandoned bird, fallen from her nest onto a busy street, Holly took her home and gave her the best life she could. And there, in a Manhattan apartment, Stellina leaned how to eat, fly, and sing. 20090605. Pericoli, Matteo, 1968- Homes and haunts New York (State) New York Juvenile literature. Pericoli, Holly Homes and haunts New York (State) New York Juvenile literature. Wild birds as pets New York (State) New York Biography Juvenile literature. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0619/2004061503-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2004061503-b.html Contributor biographical information