Patsy Stanley
'Billy Silly Beak and Pearl, the Purple Eared Bird Girl' is an allegorical fiction that tells the story of a penguin named Billy Silly Beak and his encounter with Pearl, the Purple Eared Bird Girl. Set in a cold and snowy land, the tale explores themes of diversity and romance. Billy’s family, deeply devout, view his sister Merry as a Holy Bird due to her birth on Christmas day. However, when Billy meets Pearl, a bird of a different persuasion, he embarks on a unique romance. This 22-page book, filled with delightful illustrations, takes readers on a humorous journey through a northern continent. This story includes the genuine allegorical genealogy of Billy Silly Beak, Pearl the Purple Eared Bird Girl, the Wind, and Moody Zamboni the Ice Floe Boy, the rascally, rebellious, recalcitrant son of Sub-Icee and Zero Zamboni.