Freeda's Fancy Feet teaches, in a fun and lighthearted way, that things are not always pinker on the other side of the feather. Freeda dreams that, instead of her webbed feet, she has people feet. In her dream, she imagines all the activities she would do with feet that have toes instead of webs and the shoes she would wear Why a flamingo It's hard to look at a flamingo and not smile The flamingo has been iconic for Lou for nearly twenty years. To Lou, the flamingo embodies some of the best qualities a human can have to be able to see clearly in muddy waters flamingos find their food in shallow, mucky ponds, gets along well with others flamingos fly in a huge flock called a pet, and the ability to take themselves lightly while staying in perfect balance