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I Got the Power
Story Yeasl Kim · Pictures Leonidas Rowe
Book One · Tales from Cockatoo Town
SUPER TOO!
I Got the Power
By Yeasl KimIllustrated by Leonidas RoweEdited by Christopher Rowe
Leon is an ordinary, cracker-loving cockatoo who lives for his quiet routine—until the villainous Dr. Hoot plunges Cockatoo Town into darkness. Convinced he's got super powers, Leon teams up with Jonas, a clever turtle inventor, to confront the villain. Armed with his cocky confidence and new found courage, can this unlikely duo stop Dr. Hoot and save Cockatoo Town?
An illustrated chapter book for readers ages 6–10.
Inside Cockatoo Town
Leon
Three crackers in his pocket and a head full of big ideas.
Jonas
Clever turtle inventor. Expert in dramatic diving entrances.
Dr. Hoot
Self-proclaimed genius, handsome, and definitely up to no good.
From chapter one
Straight into the night sky
“What is this? I flew so fast! Like an eagle. No, like a rocket!”
The bookshelf
Every tale from Cockatoo Town — so far.
The next adventure
Leonidas is sketching. Yeasl is writing. Dr. Hoot is almost certainly plotting.
Our story
Pickle and Ginger Press is a family-run children's publisher in Brisbane, Queensland — and it is named after two real Pekin bantam chickens. Pickle, the black one, and Ginger, the golden one, supervise every manuscript from beneath the back steps.
The books are made at the kitchen table: written by Yeasl Kim, drawn by Leonidas Rowe, and edited by Christopher Rowe. Every story is set in Cockatoo Town.
— the family at Pickle & Ginger
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