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Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
An educational picture book in which lyrical text and impressionistic-style illustrations follow the life cycles of twelve migrating birds, representing the species who use the Mississippi flyway route. Back matter includes additional facts about flyways, migration, and each of the featured birds.
2) A bird day
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
I'm Lena and this is my brother Bo. Sometimes we play car chicken. Sometimes we sing on top of the tree. Bo is allowed to pick the worms out of his pie - I wasn't when I was small. This is a bird day.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the edition written and published for adults by Knopf in 2020, this edition adapted for young readers covers more than two hundred species and includes more than 300 illustrations throughout. Author/illustrator David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise brings observed behaviors vividly to life.
6) How to bird
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Featuring the skyline and natural spaces of New York City, How to Bird invites children to explore birdwatching, with each page featuring a new birding strategy. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that seeing and hearing birds makes us happier, and this book shows how everyone, wherever they live, can be a birder. Birding is a fun and accessible practice for coping with stress, practicing mindfulness, and getting outdoors, and How to...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry. In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world's...
11) Friends are fun
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Pete the bird likes living alone on his island, but a turtle, dog, and elephant join him. When a storm rolls in, everyone works together to keep safe.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
How do animals such as birds, insects, and bats stay in the air? The answer of course is wings and feathers. Wings and feathers are important adaptations that have taken millions of years evolve. Feathers first appeared during the time of the dinosaurs, and birds are actually distant relatives of dinosaurs. Insects with wings appeared many thousands of years before feathers appeared. This book discusses how these adaptations benefit the birds, insects,...
13) Granny Rex
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When little Dee is harassed by the neighborhood hawk, Mama comforts her with a story about her dinosaur grandmother, reminding Dee that even though she is small, she is mighty.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne's definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action--fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning...
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
La edición actualizada en español de esta mirada colorida y llena de datos sobre el asombroso mundo de las aves incluye un llamado a la acción para proteger a estas hermosas criaturas.
The updated, Spanish-language edition of this fact-filled, colorful look at the amazing world of birds includes a call to action to protect these beautiful creatures.
16) How birds sleep
Author
Publisher
mineditionUS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Every night, birds all over the world settle down for a good night's sleep. But how on earth do they do it? Some are rocked to sleep on the surface of choppy seas. Others nap high in the air, gliding on warm air currents. Still other doze off standing up--on one leg. Take a journey around the world to peek into the bedtime habits of many species of birds.
17) Wild fliers!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Kratt brothers activate their creature powers to introduce readers to animals who can fly, including dragonflies, raptors, and bats.
Author
Series
Goosebumps Slappyworld volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cooper Klavan and his sister, Anna, are fishing with their parents at a woodland pond when they come across an injured bird. Anna, a huge animal lover, insists on taking it home to rehabilitate. But the bird really does not want to be rescued. It bites Anna. Soon, she is behaving very strangely: perching high up in trees and gathering sticks to hide in her room. Cooper doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, but his sister seems to be going to the...
Author
Publisher
Shen's Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A boy helps an injured crane, and the good deed is rewarded with the arrival of a mysterious guest who weaves beautiful silk for the family. Author's note discusses Japanese folktales and poetry, red-crowned cranes, and pronunciations.
20) Night owl night
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sova's mother studies owls and their migration patterns, and one late night, when Sova is old enough, she accompanies her mother to observe and tag saw-whet owls in the woods.
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