Blue Macaw Books

Blue Macaw Books Background information Type Bookstore Level N/A Location Moose Lake, Minnesota Inhabitants Linda Gunderson (formerly) Blu (formerly)

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Blue Macaw Books is the former business and home of Blu and Linda. The picture on the window features a blue feather (resembling one of Blu's) in a pot of ink.

Background

When Blu was smuggled as a baby bird, he ended up in a truck that drove through the snowy town of Moose Lake in Minnesota. The crate he was in was tossed out of the truck when the driver briefly lost control at a stoplight. A young girl, named Linda, found Blu and decided to take care of him. After fifteen years, Linda was in the book selling business, together with Blu as her "companion." The scene starts with the grown-up Linda woken up by Blu's imitation of car and clock alarm sounds. They brush, eat and prepare the store for the morning. Blu then turns the sign to "open" and he and Linda do one of their special "fist bumps" together. This was also the setting where Tulio explains that Blu is the last male of his species and must travel to Rio de Janeiro and meet with Jewel, who is the last female of their kind.

Finally, in the end credits, in a snapshot, Linda, Tulio, and Fernando, who have come together as a family, open up Livraria Blu, a Brazilian version of the bookstore, this time with two crossed feathers printed on the window, meant to symbolize Blu and Jewel's union with one light blue feather, and one dark blue feather.

Additional Information

The upper level is where Blu and Linda live, featuring a bathroom, a kitchen, and their bedroom, like a house. The ground level is where they do business, featuring shelved books, a computer, and has a style similar to a library.

Trivia

• This is the only place featured in Moose Lake, Minnesota.
• The book Blu was reading before he had his hot chocolate was an airplane book called "Population Rechange," featuring types of old-fashioned models of planes.
• This is the first level of the Rio video game for the DS.
• When the Livraria Blu was opened, it is possible Linda shut Blue Macaw Books down, or sold it to someone else.
• When Linda and Blu were logging onto their computer, the computer screen featured them dressed as pirates.
• This is where Blu spent the first 15 years of his life.

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