| A | B |
|---|
| Main Character | Doodle |
| Type of bird in the story | Ibis |
| Setting - Place | North Carolina, cotton farm |
| Setting- Time | late 1920's to early 1930's around the time of WWI |
| Theme | family ties |
| Place of origin for the Ibis bird | South America |
| Author's ethnicity | American |
| Narrator | person who tells the story |
| Name of the Swamp | Old Woman |
| Genre of story | fiction |
| Symbol | something that stands for another thing flag-USA |
| Why Doodle's brother was disappointed when Doodle was born | he wanted a brother he could run and play with |
| What Doodle's brother made plans to do to Doodle | smother him with a pillows |
