I am looking for a children’s book about a bird/vulture/hornbill that is different than other birds and gets a job. Wears hat and briefcase in the book. I remember hornbill specifically but could be another type of bird. Pictures from the book are abstract kind of, moody/dark different from normal books. May be set in Africa? I think he’s also reading a book on another page.
Try this one: Elvis Hornbill, International Business Bird.
I wonder if it’s Two Can Toucan by David McKee. I remember it from my childhood but haven’t seen it for years.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Can-Toucan-David-McKee/dp/1783444800
You can see some of the pictures from the inside here, including the page where Toucan is trying to get a job.
Apparently it was McKee’s first book – he would later become very famous for the Elmer the Elephant series. He only died the other day.