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The Day Ivy Learned to Fly is a thrilling children's novel 

exploring the concept of believing in yourself.   When Ivy is 

born she is born much smaller than her brother and sister 

she must overcome her size to do different things.   Follow 

Ivy on her brave journey of discovering how to fly.   This 

book will help children learn that even if they are different 

from others they can overcome that and be the best version 

of themselves they can be!   

It was a bright sunny spring day and Mama 

and Papa bird were excitedly waiting for 

their baby birds to hatch.  

They lived in a big nest at the top of one of the tallest 

trees in the forest.   There were three eggs in the nest, 

there was two big eggs and one egg that was smaller than 

the others. 

Finally, after many days of waiting the birds began 

to hatch.   The first egg to hatch was the biggest one, 

it was a baby girl bird.   The second egg to hatch was 

the other big egg, it was a baby boy bird.  

The new family huddled around the little egg hoping that it 

would hatch, they waited patiently until they finally saw it 

moving.   Out hopped a little baby girl bird.  

“Now all three of our baby birds are hatched.   Let’s name this 

one Ivy!” Papa Bird exclaimed   happily, now the family was 

complete Mama and Papa Bird and Lily, Henry, and Ivy.  

Papa Bird

Mama Bird 

Lily

Henry

Ivy

The first few days all the new little birdies stayed in the 

nest, Mama and Papa bird gathered their food, helped keep 

them clean, and also helped them fall asleep at night.   When 

the birds were a few days old, the birds begged and begged 

to learn how to fly, and Mama and Papa finally agreed. 

“Flying isn’t easy at first, jump out of our 

nest and flap your wings, you’ll be flying in no 

time!” Papa Bird explained to his kids, Mama 

Bird agreed.   Lily was the first one to try.   Lily 

hopped out of the nest, flapped her wings and 

was flying with ease.  

“Look Mama! Look Papa, I can do it! I can fly!” Lily shouted 

for the next few minutes she flew circles around the nest.  

Then she carefully landed right in the center of the nest, and 

took a few minutes to adjust all of her feathers to make sure 

that they were all placed perfectly.  

“Your turn Henry.   Now you get to 

fly!” Mama Bird said as she guided 

Henry to the edge of the nest.   Henry 

bravely jumped from the nest and 

began to flap his wings, he started to 

fly, but then quickly fell to the ground.  

There was a big pile of leaves on 

the ground so Henry landed 

softly.   Papa bird flew down and 

brought Henry back to the nest.  

“Try again Henry.   You were so 

close, I know you can do it!” 

Mama Bird promised, Henry 

carefully jumped off the edge of 

the nest without hesitation.   He 

struggled to flap his wings at first, 

but he was quickly flying up in the 

sky. 

“You were right Mama and Papa, I can fly!” Henry shouted.  

He flew around the tree a few times before landing in the nest 

with a big thump.   “I’ll work on my landing,” Henry laughed 

and picked himself off the floor of the nest. 

“Okay, Ivy, lets see what you 

can do!” Lily exclaimed, she 

walked with Ivy to the edge of the 

nest before giving Ivy the gentlest 

nudge of the end.   Ivy plummeted 

right to the bottom, moving so 

quick she didn’t even have time to 

flap her little wings. 

With a big thud, Ivy landed at 

the bottom in the leaf pile, she 

waited for Papa Bird to come 

pick her up. He carried her up 

to the top of the nest, she was 

determined to try again.   Mama 

and Papa Bird’s friend, Mr. 

Parakeet, was watching from 

another tree. 

“Ivy, if you flap your wings 

really quick and don’t think 

about falling, I know you’ll 

get it!” Mr. Parakeet offered 

his help, his baby owl kids 

were learning to fly too. 

“Thanks Mr. Parakeet, I hope 

I can learn soon like my 

brother and sister,” Ivy said 

as she braced herself for 

another take off. 

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