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Can You Trust the Magic Parrot

Can You Trust the Magic Parrot

By: Simon Landry
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Can You Trust the Magic Parrot? is a funny audio story about kids, AI, and figuring out when you should trust what a computer tells you.

Lulu has a new learning helper at school. It can answer questions. It can read books. It can even do things for the kids around the class. There’s just one problem: sometimes the Magic Parrot gets things wrong in weird and unexpected ways.

When Lulu and his friends discover that the parrot can give confident answers without really understanding what it’s saying, they start investigating. Can they figure out when to trust it, and when they need to think for themselves?

From whale eggs and pizza glue to a popcorn machine that gets completely out of control, Lulu and his friends learn that smart-sounding answers aren't always right, and that the easiest way to do something isn't always the best way to do it.

This story is for curious kids (and grown-ups) who are starting to encounter AI chatbots and want to understand how they work. They're also a way for families to start talking about AI without making it complicated or scary.

Links

  • Download the Book PDF — includes a “For Grown Ups” section

  • Download the EPUB

  • Buy physical and ebook copies from Amazon

  • Get in touch at simonlandry.com

Simon Landry, 2o26 Literature & Fiction
Episodes
  • Chapter 21: The Last Day of School

    Chapter 21: The Last Day of School
    9 Sep 2026

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    The school year is over, and the friends compare notes about their adventures with the Magic Parrot.

    Kwai tells them about her own experiment—and how she eventually started over and did a real interview with her old swimming coach.

    Lulu realizes that sometimes the best part of learning something is actually doing it yourself.

    Links

    • Download the Book PDF — includes a “For Grown Ups” section
    • Download the EPUB
    • Buy physical and ebook copies from Amazon
    • Get in touch at simonlandry.com
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    4 min
  • Chapter 20: Helping or Hindering

    Chapter 20: Helping or Hindering
    9 Sep 2026

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    The class hands in their articles, and Mr. Henry asks whether anyone tried using the Magic Parrot.

    Lulu explains what happened when he used it to write and edit his article.

    The class starts to understand an important question: how do you know whether AI is actually helping you?

    Links

    • Download the Book PDF — includes a “For Grown Ups” section
    • Download the EPUB
    • Buy physical and ebook copies from Amazon
    • Get in touch at simonlandry.com
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    2 min
  • Chapter 19: The Absolute Best Interview Ever Written

    Chapter 19: The Absolute Best Interview Ever Written
    9 Sep 2026

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    It’s Friday morning, and Kwai finally checks on her parrots.

    She finds a giant pile of paper, five very hot parrots, and an article that still isn’t very good.

    Maybe adding more parrots wasn’t the solution after all.

    Links

    • Download the Book PDF — includes a “For Grown Ups” section
    • Download the EPUB
    • Buy physical and ebook copies from Amazon
    • Get in touch at simonlandry.com
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    4 min
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