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Storm Boy is a 1964 Australian children's book by Colin Thiele about a boy and his pelican.[1] The book concentrates on the relationships he has with his father, the pelican, and an outcast Aboriginal man called Fingerbone.

The story has been dramatised several times. The film adaptation Storm Boy won the Jury and Best Film prizes at the 1977 AFI Awards.

Storm Boy likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean. After a pelican mother is shot, Storm Boy rescues the three chicks, and nurses them back to health. He names them Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival. After he releases them, his favourite, Mr Percival, returns. The story then concentrates on the conflict between his lifestyle and the externally imposed requirement for him to attend a school, and the fate of the pelican.

We watched Storm Boy on the weekend. It's one of my daughters favourite movies.

Yes I remember Mr Percival and have loved Pelicans ever since wathcing Storm Boy.