# Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird

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- Authors: [Stephanie Spinner](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephanie-spinner), [Meilo So](https://www.bookquiver.com/meilo-so)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2012-10-09

## Description

In 1977, graduate student Irene Pepperberg walked into a pet store and bought a year-old African grey parrot. Because she was going to study him, she decided to call him Alex--short for Avian Learning...

## Editions

### Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird

- Publisher: knopf_books_for_young_readers
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0797-567-6
- Published: 2012-10-09
- Language: en_US