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April 2008
Birds
Younger Fiction
- Baker, Keith
Little
Green
Harcourt,2001
E Bak (Picture)
A young boy paints the flight of a hummingbird as it zips, loops, and
zigzags around his garden.
- Blake, Robert J.
Fledgling
Philomel, 2000
E Bla (Picture)
When a young kestrel makes its first flight among the building of a
city, it is pursued by a hawk.
- Ehlert, Lois
Feathers
for Lunch
Hacourt Brace Javanovich, 1990
E Ehl (Picture)
An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the backyard but fails to
catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.
- Flack, Marjorie
The
Restless Robin
E. M. Hale, 1965
E Fla (Grades 1-3)
The story tracks the journey f of a robin from the peach trees of
Georgia to the apple trees of New Hampshire. Other birds besides the
robin are introduced and as well as a variety of bird songs.
Older Fiction
- Hiassen, Carl
Hoot
Alfred Knopf, 2002
+ Hia
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in
another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed
construction site.
- Napoli, Donna Jo
Trouble
on the Tracks
Scholastic Press, 1997
+ Nap
While traveling across the Australian outback on a train, 13 year old
Zach and his younger sister, Eve, uncover an endangered bird smuggling
ring and try to save two trains from a full speed collision.
Nonfiction
- Cooper, Jason
Birds
Rourke Book Co., 1997
+ 598 Coo
Describes the different birds that have been chosen by the fifty states
and the District of Columbia to represent them.
- Degezelle, Terri
Birds
A to Z
Capstone Press, 2000
+ 598 DeG
Introduces the world of birds through the photographs and facts which
describe one for each letter of the alphabet.
- Heinrichs, Ann
Birds
Compass Point Books,2000
+ 598 Hei
Each page of text, each accompanied by a lavish photo, discuss aspects
of birds such as seeing and hearing, kinds of birds, how do birds fly,
mating and nest building, migrating, feathers, bones and bills, and
family life.
- Kalman, Bobbie
What
is a Bird?
Crabtree Publishing, 1997
+ 598 Kal
This book introduces birds, describing some different types and
discussing their physical characteristics, behaviors and habitats.
- Schulte, Mary
Parrots
and Other Birds
Children's Press, 2005
+ 598 Sch
Very simple text and photos describe physical features of birds, with a
vocabulary list included.
- Sill, Cathryn
About
Birds
Peachtree Publisher, 1991
+ 598 Sil
Text and illustrations follow the world of birds from eggs to flight and
from songs to nests.
- Lerner, Carol
On
the Wing
Harper Collins Publishers, 2001
+ 598.155 Ler
All aspects of birds that migrate- partial migrants, sometimes migrants,
and those birds that migrate within their own geographic area- Arctic
Nesters, South American migrants, North American migrants, and crossing
the equator migrants.
- Wallace, Karen
A
Day at Seagull Beach
Dorling Kindersley, 1999
+ 598.17 Wil
A seagull flies over the sea looking for something before returning to
it's nest.
- Fichter, George
Cardinals,
Robins, and Other Birds
Western Publishing Company, 1993
+ 598.2 Fic
Begins with four illustrated pages discussing bird anatomy from bill to
toes, then introduces common North American birds in a series of double
page spreads.
- Langier, Sampon Patricia
The
Wonder of Loons
Gareth Stevens, 1992
+ 598.442 Lan
Text and photographs introduce the shy water bird famous for its
mournful call.
- Jenkins, Martin
The
Emperor's Egg
Candlewick Press, 2002
+ 598.47 Jen
Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the
male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for
the chick after it is born.
- Kalbacken, Joan
Peacocks
and Peahens
Children's Press, 1994
+ 598.6 Kal
Describes the life, habits and characteristics of a peacock in simple
text and photos.
- Irene Kelly
It's
a Hummingbird's Life
Holiday House, 2003
+ 598.7 Kel
Kelly follows the activities of the ruby throated hummingbird throughout
the season, relating facts and bits of trivia. The text is printed in a
flowing pattern that mimics the bird's erratic flight.
- Chrustowski, Rick
Blue
Sky, Bluebird
Henry Holt, 2004
+ 598.8 Chr
Follows a family of bluebirds from the completion of a nest at the
beginning of spring through the migration of the parents and eight
fledglings in autumn.
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