Cookie the Cockatoo: Everything Changes

Cockatoos are remarkable not only because they are animals who live long lives, but also because they're highly intelligent, delightfully mischievous, and exceptionally loud. Cookie, the legendary Major Mitchell's cockatoo who lived at the Brookfield Zoo from 1934 to 2016, was no exception to cockatoo behavior. Possibly, because he lived in the Zoo, he was even more intelligent, mischievous, and loud.

Cookie the Cockatoo: Everything Changes is a book about change, introducing readers both young and old to Cookie and the world changes he lived through - Superman, TV, Adidas, kidney machines, space travel, mass prisons, iPhones, climate change, and more.

Serious, yet also humorous, these free-verse poems examine the outside world through the eyes of a preening, self-centered caged bird who questions captivity, war, and natural catastrophe while marveling at events such as Sputnik, figure skating, and Sully's landing of a damaged airplane on the Hudson River.

This quirky look at historical events for kids will enchant middle-grade readers who want to know details about what happened when in history.