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Birds

BOOK LIST (to print) -- BIRDS
PICTURE BOOKS
BH   2-41  The Twilight (poem)
BH   2-45  The Goldfinch (poem)
BH   2-152   Nurse's Song (poem)
BH   3-62  Duck's Ditty (poem)
BH   5-111  The Sea Gull (poem)
$   ​Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack
Curious Angus ventures out among the ducks next door.
♥   Bird Children by Elizabeth Gordon (1912)
Picture Book, Companion to Flower Children
Fairy Tales:
  • $   ​The Nightingale
  • $   ​The Ugly Duckling
  • $   ​The Happy Prince​
$   ​Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
'Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.  The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston.  But with a little help from the Boston police, Mrs. Mallard and Jack, Kack, Lack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack, arrive safely at their new home. '
$   ​Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
​'Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.'
Books that tell story of The Firebird
  • $   ​The Firebird and Other Russian Tales  by Arthur Ransome
  • $   ​The Firebird by Jane Yolen
  • $   ​Gennady Spirin’s illustrations are magical
  • $   ​Demi’s The Firebird
  • $   ​Ruth Sanderson’s The Golden Mare, The Firebird and The Magic Ring
$   ​The Painter and the Wild Swans by Claude Clement
Transfixed by the beauty of a passing flock of white swans, a Japanese painter finds that he cannot work until he sees them again.
$   ​The Silver Swan by Michael Morpugo
"A boy on an isolated farm observes a lovely swan as she arrives on a moonlit lake. Day by day, the boy watches as she makes her home on the lake, finds a mate, builds a nest, and hatches five fluffy cygnets. When a starving fox threatens the swan and her brood, the boy desperately tries to protect his friend, but eventually he must comes to terms with the harsh--and, ultimately, the redemptive--aspects of nature. " Beautiful illustrations, but may be too sad for some children. True to life.
$   ​Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni
A little bird born without wings is one day granted his wish. But the wings are made of gold and his friends turn against him.
$   ​​Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
Caldecott Honor
ELEMENTARY
BH   2-42   The Magpie's Nest
BH   2-143   How the Finch Got Her Colors
BH   3-28   The Owl (poem)
BH   3-29   The Owl's Answer to Tommy 
BH   4-83   The Nutcracker and Sugardolly Stories
BH   5-103   Little Gulliver
BH   9-106   Excerpt from The Trumpet of the Swan
JC   1-166   The Wide-Awake Owl
JC   1-191   The Box With Red Wheels
ELEMENTARY
♦   All About Birds by Robert S. Lemmons
All About Series
$   ​Bird Songs
​I picked this book up at Costco a couple of years ago and LOVE it.  It’s been durable, even though we’ve had to replace the batteries.  My little granddaughters love the beautiful colorful pictures of birds and sitting and listening to their songs.  We’ve often identified birds in the yard by matching them to their songs.  It looks like it’s out of print, but I’ve seen some at library used book sales.  There are some used copies on Amazon and I noticed there’s a kindle version.  I wonder if that would work? 
♥   Bird Stories by Edith Patch (1921)
♥   Bird World by Jenny Stickney (1898)
♦   Birds and Their Nests by Olive Earle
♦   Birds from the Crow Family by Olive Earle
♦   Ground Birds by Charles Ripper
Amazing nature artist.
♦   Hawks by Charles Ripper
Interesting details and illustrations.
♦   ​John James Audubon: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare
♦   John James Audubon, Bird Artist by James Sterling Ayars
A Discovery Book
♥   ​Mamma’s Stories About Birds  by Mary Leathley (1845)
♥   Our Birds and Their Nestlings  by Margaret Walker (1904)
$   ​Owls in the Family
$   ​Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
'The adventures of a house painter and his brood of high-stepping penguins have delighted children for generations.'
♦   State Birds and Flowers by Olive Earle
♥   The Burgess Bird Book for Children  by Thornton Burgess (1919)
**Here is a youtube playlist for all the birds mentioned in this wonderful book!
♦   $   ​The Story of  John James Audubon by Joan Howard
A Signature Biography
♦   The Swans of Willow Pond by Olive Earle
♦   Thunder Wings, the Story of a Ruffed Grouse by Olive Earle
$   ​Trumpet of the Swan  by E.B. White
​'Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him. Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection'
♦   Vulcan, The Story of a Bald Eagle by Robert McClung
♦   White Patch, A City Sparrow by Olive Earle
♦   Whooping Crane: The Story of Whooper by Robert McClung
MIDDLE SCHOOL
FC   Eyes and No Eyes
FC   The Whole Year Round
​♥   Birds That Every Child Should Know  by Nellie Blanchan (1907)
♥   Citizen Bird by Mabel Wright
♥   Gray Lady and the Birds by Mabel Wright (1907)
♥   In the Days of Audubon by Hezekiah Butterworth
Meet a true lover of birds. Notice in the back of the book are suggestions for studying birds and even taming wild birds.  
♥   Here is Volume One of Audubon’s drawing of American birds
♥   Second Book of Birds by Olive Miller
♥   Stories About Birds of Land and Water by Mary Kirby (1874)
♥   Tenants of the Trees by Clarence Hawkes (1907)
HIGH SCHOOL
♥   Bird-Life by Frank Thompson, illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton
♥   Birds of Song and Story by Joseph Grinnell (1901)
♥   How to Study Birds: A Practical Guide for Bird Lovers  by Herbert Job (1910)
♥   Knowing Birds Through Stories  by Floyd Bralliar (1922)
♥   The Handbook of Nature Study  by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)

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