Plum to the Rescue!

It’s baby animal season at the Athensville Zoo! Is Plum responsible enough to watch over five exuberant peachicks? The fourth book in award-winning author Matt Phelan’s series about a young peacock whose adventures are funny, hopeful, and always kindhearted. A hilarious and highly illustrated novel perfect for reluctant readers and animal lovers everywhere.



Spring has sprung at the Athensville Zoo, and that means one thing: zoo babies! For Plum and his friends, the most excitement comes from the five energetic—and mischievous—peachicks. Plum is sure he can handle the responsibility of watching over his new friends. How hard could it be to keep track of them? Wait, where are the peachicks? When one of the chicks ends up in the clutches of two notorious, badly behaved young zoo patrons, Plum will face his most thrilling adventure yet—a rescue mission outside the zoo walls!



From award-winning author Matt Phelan, Plum to the Rescue! is the fourth book in a stand-alone young middle grade series about Plum the peacock and his adventures at the Athensville Zoo. With short chapters and energetic black-and-white illustrations, these novels are just right for newly independent readers, tackling an emotional theme relevant and accessible to the audience. A great choice for fans of the Mercy Watson and the Princess in Black series.