About the Book

From The Bad Seed illustrator, Pete Oswald, and Emmy Award-winning artist Justin K. Thompson comes a hilarious story about a migrating flamingo who crash-lands in Siberia and has no clue who or where he is…

Is it a golf club? Is it a garden gnome? No. It's Mingo the flamingo!

From author-illustrator team Pete Oswald and Justin K. Thompson comes a hilarious picture book about a flamingo named Mingo who is ready to fly but gets lost from the rest of the flock during a terrible storm. To make matters worse, when he crashes, he completely forgets who he is and where he belongs. With the help and training from some new friends, he must find the strength to make it back home and reunite with his family.

Mingo the Flamingo’s dynamic and artistic style and black-and-white illustrations will be sure to please fans of Hello, My Name is Octicorn by Kevin Diller, The Blobfish Book by Jessica Olien, and other strange and wonderful creatures.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780062391988
• ISBN 10: 0062391984
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• On Sale: 01/03/2017
• Pages: 40
• List Price:21.99 CAD
• Ages: 4 to 8
• BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
• BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm Animals
• BISAC3 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Birds

Pete Oswald

Biography

Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist, kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. He is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo, published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator of The Bad Seed, by Jory John. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.

Justin K. Thompson

Biography

Justin K. Thompson is an Emmy Award–winning artist with over twenty years of experience in the motion picture and television industries. He has worked for some of the biggest names in entertainment, including DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, Paramount, Sony, the Cartoon Network, the Jim Henson Company, Walt Disney, and Warner Bros. Justin is also the illustrator of Faraway Fox by Jolene Thompson. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their two children and two dogs. Mingo the Flamingo is his first (co-created) original author-illustrator work. You can visit him online at shinypinkbottle.tumblr.com.

Other Works by Justin K. Thompson

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  Mingo the Flamingo

  By Justin K. Thompson

Pete Oswald

Biography

Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist, kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. He is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo, published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator of The Bad Seed, by Jory John. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.

Justin K. Thompson

Biography

Justin K. Thompson is an Emmy Award–winning artist with over twenty years of experience in the motion picture and television industries. He has worked for some of the biggest names in entertainment, including DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, Paramount, Sony, the Cartoon Network, the Jim Henson Company, Walt Disney, and Warner Bros. Justin is also the illustrator of Faraway Fox by Jolene Thompson. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their two children and two dogs. Mingo the Flamingo is his first (co-created) original author-illustrator work. You can visit him online at shinypinkbottle.tumblr.com.

Other Works by Justin K. Thompson

• 

  Mingo the Flamingo

  By Justin K. Thompson