[7]Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A House for Every Bird
By: Megan Maynor
Illustrated by: Kaylani Juanita
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A young artist's drawings rebel against her when she tries to put her sketched birds in houses...
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About Birds / Sobre los parjaros
By: Catherine Sill
Illustrated by: Jon Sill
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Handsome, realistic illustrations accompanied by straightforward information about North...
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About Birds: A Guide for Children
By: Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: John Sill
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A first book on birds that uses clear, easy-to-understand language to teach children what birds...
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Agua, Agua, Agua
By: Pat Mora
Illustrated by: Jose Ortega
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Crow knows where to find water amid rocks and how to get it even though it's below the reach of...
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Are You My Mother?
By: P.D. Eastman
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this funny, classic story, originally published in...
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Beautiful Blackbird
By: Ashley Bryan
Age Level: 3-6 years old
In a story of the Ila people of Zambia, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they...
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Bird House
By: Bianca Gómez
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A grandmother and grandchild nurse an injured bird together in this touching story about caring...
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Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why
By: Lita Judge
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Birds communicate by the sounds they make and the way they act. Playful illustrations and text...
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Birds Make Nests
By: Michael Garland
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Birds make many kinds of nests in many kinds of places, to keep their eggs safe and to raise...
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Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale / Cucu: Un cuento folklorico mexicano
By: Lois Ehlert
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Lazy Cuckoo has a beautiful singing voice and brightly colored feathers — until he loses them...
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Feathers for Peacock
By: Jacqueline Jules
Illustrated by: Helen Cann
Age Level: 3-6 years old
An pourquoi story that blends folktale motifs from around the world to explain why the peacock...
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Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
By: Rita Gray
Illustrated by: Kenard Pak
Age Level: 3-6 years old
As two children take a walk, they observe and listen to the call of familiar birds – a mourning...
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Have You Seen Birds?
By: Barbara Reid
Illustrated by: Joanne Oppenheim
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A brief description of the behavior and characteristics of common birds for young readers.
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Have You Seen My Duckling?
By: Nancy Tafuri
Age Level: 3-6 years old
An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling...
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Hello, Crow
By: Candace Savage
Illustrated by: Chelsea O'Byrne
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Gently motivates kids and their families to be observant when exploring parks, backyards,...
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Hello, I'm Here!
By: Helen Frost
Illustrated by: Rick Lieder
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A poetic text and lovely photographs follow a newborn sandhill crane as it takes its first steps...
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How to Heal a Broken Wing
By: Bob Graham
Age Level: 3-6 years old
In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground....
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Inch by Inch
By: Leo Lionni
Illustrated by: Leo Lionni
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A small inch worm "green as an emerald" avoids being eating by a hungry robin using his wit — and...
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Lali's Feather
By: Farhana Zia
Illustrated by: Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A story about looking beyond first impressions. Lali finds a little feather in the field. Is it...
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Make Way for Ducklings
By: Robert McCloskey
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for...
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Mama Built a Little Nest
By: Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Birds craft surprisingly unique nests. Brief verses introduce different birds and how their nest is...
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Nesting
By: Henry Cole
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Follow two robins as they build a nest with twigs and grass. Then mother robin lays four...
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NOPE! A Tale of First Flight
By: Drew Sheneman
Age Level: 3-6 years old
<p>A nurturing mama bird, a fearful baby, and a nest in a tall, tall tree. Ready, set,...
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On Meadowview Street
By: Henry Cole
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Caroline doesn't see much of the name of their new street, Meadowview, as she and her family...
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On the Wing
By: David Elliott
Illustrated by: Becca Stadtlander
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Through witty, thoughtful poems and colorful, detailed illustrations young readers will learn...
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Owl Babies
By: Martin Waddell
Illustrated by: Patrick Benson
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Three worried owlets wait for their mother to return from her night flight. The wide-eyed birds...
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Red and Lulu
By: Matt Tavares
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Surrounded by lights and singing, Christmas is by far the favorite season for Red and Lulu, a...
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Ruby's Birds
By: Mya Thompson
Illustrated by: Claudia Dávila
Age Level: 3-6 years old
When Ruby realizes there are amazing birds right in her neighborhood, her imagination takes...
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Seagulls Soar
By: April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by: Kasia Bogdanska
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Did you know that seagulls sometimes live far from the sea — near a lake or farm, or even in a...
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Sylvie
By: Jennifer Sattler
Age Level: 3-6 years old
When all-too-curious Sylvie — a flamingo — learns that the reason she is pink is because of her...
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The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folktale / Bossy Gallito: El gallo de bodas:
By: Lucía González
Illustrated by: Lulu Delacre
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Travel with Bossy Rooster to his uncle's wedding. Of course the road is not entirely smooth in...
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The Lion and the Bird
By: Marianne Dubuc
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Friendship and the passage of time are explored in this mostly wordless book about a kindly lion...
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The Lost Little Bird
By: David McPhail
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A funny and affirming picture book about a little bird who goes on an adventure to discover who...
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The Most Amazing Bird
By: Michael Arvaaluk Kusugak
Illustrated by: Andrew Qappik
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A young girl discovers nature’s surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuk storyteller...
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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
By: Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by: Diane and Leo Dillon
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird'...
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Tico and the Golden Wings
By: Leo Lionni
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A classic fable encouraging generosity and individuality. All Tico the wingless bird wants is a...
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Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken
By: Douglas Rees
Illustrated by: Jed Henry
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his teeth ― and he...
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Age Level: 6-9 years old
A Garden to Save the Birds
By: Wendy McClure
Illustrated by: Beatriz Mayumi
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Callum and his sister, Emmy learn that the U.S. has lost a lot of birds in recent years ― and...
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A Nest Is Noisy
By: Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by: Sylvia Long
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A look at the fascinating world of nests, from those of tiny bee hummingbirds to those of...
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A Place for Birds
By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by: Higgins Bond
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This fact-filled, colorful book looks at the amazing world of birds, the ecosystems that support...
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A Round of Robins
By: Katie Hesterman
Illustrated by: Sergio Ruzzier
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Sixteen fresh and funny poems welcome a new batch of robins to the world! We follow a pair of...
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About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children
By: Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: Jon Sill
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Easy to read text and lush, realistic illustrations provide an accessible but authoritative look...
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About Parrots: A Guide for Children
By: Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: John Sill
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Some fly, others only walk but regardless of where they live or what they eat, the parrots...
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Aesop's Fables
By: Jerry Pinkney
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Almost 100 fables attributed to Aesop have been selected and illustrated in this oversized...
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All the Birds in the World
By: David Opie
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Birds come in many varieties of colors, shapes, and sizes, with different habits and homes. Take...
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An Egg Is Quiet
By: Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by: Sylvia Long
Age Level: 6-9 years old
An introduction to the vast and amazing world of eggs. Featuring poetic text, this book shares...
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Animal Fact / Animal Fable
By: Seymour Simon
Illustrated by: Diane de Groat
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Guess facts from fables about animals — from dogs and cats to bulls and owls; from bees to...
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Animals in Flight
By: Robin Page
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Wings carry tiny insects, fluttering butterflies, backyard birds, and they even propelled some...
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Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds
By: Elise Gravel
Age Level: 6-9 years old
An early graphic chapter book series about the friendship between Arlo, an arrogant crow, and a...
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Beaks!
By: Sneed Collard
Illustrated by: Robin Brickman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
How can a toucan fly with such a large, cumbersome beak? A toucan's beak is actually light as a...
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Bird Count
By: Susan Edwards Richmond
Illustrated by: Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
For the New England Christmas Bird Count, young Ava and her mother prepare to be the best “...
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Birds of a Feather
By: Jane Yolen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Stunning, full color, close-up photographs of birds combined with evocative poems in different...
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Birds of a Feather: And Other Aesop's Fables
By: Tom Paxton
Illustrated by: Robert Rayevsky
Age Level: 6-9 years old
An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including "The Laborer and the...
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Birds, Nests and Eggs
By: Mel Boring
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A fun, informative take-along guide that will help children identify 15 birds. Kid will learn...
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Birds: Just Like Us!
By: Bridget Heos
Illustrated by: David Clark
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Factual and funny and featuring a lively mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations, learn...
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Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird
By: Joseph Medicine Crow
Illustrated by: Linda R. Martin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In this traditional Crow story, a monster climbs out of the lake and up the cliff to steal the...
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Chicken Frank, Dinosaur!
By: S.K. Wenger
Illustrated by: JoJo Ensslin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Chicken Frank wants to prove he’s related to a T.rex ― because of evolution! ― but none of the...
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Circle
By: Jeannie Baker
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Each year, bar-tailed godwits undertake the longest unbroken migration of any bird, flying from...
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Dinosaur Feathers
By: Dennis Nolan
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Through rhyming text, learn about the evolutionary link between million-year-old dinosaurs and...
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Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct: Real Facts About Real Dinosaurs
By: Drew Sheneman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
When an asteroid crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago, it killed all the dinosaurs ......
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Elsie's Bird
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by: David Small
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Elsie is a city girl. But when her mother dies and her father moves them to the faraway prairies...
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Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest
By: Irene Kelly
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Birds live all over the world, but their nests come in many sizes, shapes, and some even borrow...
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Feathered Dinosaurs of China
By: Gregory Wenzel
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Step back in time 124 million years, inside the world of the feathered dinosaurs to learn about...
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Feathers: Not Just for Flying
By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by: Sarah S. Brannen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Young naturalists explore 16 birds in this introduction to the many, remarkable uses of feathers...
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Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems/Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales
By: Julie Paschkis
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Short poems about animals appear in English and Spanish accompanied by textured illustrations...
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Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
By: Jane Yolen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Through poems, stories, scientific facts and beautiful art and photography, this book highlights...
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Fly, Eagle, Fly: An African Tale
By: Christopher Gregorowski
Illustrated by: Niki Daly
Age Level: 6-9 years old
After a stormy night, a farmer, searching for his lost calf, finds a baby eagle that has been...
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Free
By: Sam Usher
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Boy and Grandad take care of a little bird. When it gets better, Grandad puts it outside, but it...
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Freedom Bird: A Tale of Hope and Courage
By: Jerdine Nolen
Illustrated by: James E. Ransome
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In an age-appropriate way, this book, set just before the Civil War, portrays the subjugation of...
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Gone Again Ptarmigan
By: Jonathan London
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Follows a year in the life of a willow ptarmigan, giving young children a delightful...
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Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight
By: Susan Vande Griek
Illustrated by: Mark Hoffmann
Age Level: 6-9 years old
For each of 12 from around the world, poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the...
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Helen’s Birds
By: Sara Cassidy
Illustrated by: Sophie Casson
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A wordless graphic novel depicts an intergenerational friendship between a young girl, Saanvi,...
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How Do Birds Find Their Way?
By: Roma Gans
Illustrated by: Paul Mirocha
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Birds don't need maps! Many birds make long journeys twice each year as they migrate between...
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How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable
By: Barbara J. Atwater
Illustrated by: Mindy Dwyer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Chulyen the trickster raven loses his nose one day, but he vows to get it back. Luckily he has...
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How Raven Stole the Sun
By: Maria Williams
Illustrated by: Felix Vigil
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A retelling of a Tlingit tale — the story of how the Raven transformed himself into a bird "...
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How to Make a Bird
By: Meg McKinlay
Illustrated by: Matt Ottley
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A child imagines, designs, and builds a bird only to let it go and watch it soar through the...
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Lali's Feather
By: Farhana Zia
Illustrated by: Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Lali finds a little feather in the field. Is it lost? Lali sets out to find feather a home, but...
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Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
By: Annette Cate
Age Level: 6-9 years old
They can be observed anywhere; in fact, "You don't have to go anywhere fancy to watch birds!" The...
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Lotus and Feather
By: Ji-li Jiang
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Inspired by the true story of a crane that rescued a Chinese village. One day, when a village...
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Mango, Abuela, and Me
By: Meg MedinaAngela
Age Level: 6-9 years old
When a little girl’s far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language....
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Monster Fliers: From the Time of the Dinosaurs
By: Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by: John Bindon
Age Level: 6-9 years old
While the dinosaurs walked the earth, pterosaurs (flying reptiles), ancient birds and other...
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Mr. Lincoln's Way
By: Patricia Polacco
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The touching story of a school principal and Eugene, the bully whose life he'll change. Mr....
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My Happy Year by E. Bluebird (A Nature Diary)
By: Paul Meisel
Age Level: 6-9 years old
With humor and charm, an Eastern Bluebird narrates her first year of life — adventures, joys, and...
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National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America
By: Jonathan Alderfer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This handsome book invites readers to look at birds while learning about their habits and habitats...
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Noisy Bird Sing-Along
By: John Himmelman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A say-along, sing-along invitation introduces the art of birding by ear through simple,...
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Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf
By: Olivia Bouler
Age Level: 6-9 years old
One 11 year-old girl can make a difference, as young ornithologist and artist Olivia Bouler has...
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Owl Diaries: Eva's Treetop Festival
By: Rebecca Elliott
Age Level: 6-9 years old
In this first book in the Owl Diaries early chapter book series, readers will meet Eva Wingdale in...
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Owl Moon
By: Jane Yolen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues...
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Paddle Perch Climb: Bird Feet are Neat
By: Laurie Ellen Angus
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Become a bird watching detective, discovering clues about where a bird lives, how it moves, and...
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Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City
By: Janet Schulman
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Stunning watercolors evoke the height and breadth of New York City while a dramatic text relates...
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Parrots Over Puerto Rico
By: Susan L. Roth
Illustrated by: Cindy Trumbore
Age Level: 6-9 years old
How colorful parrots that have lived on the island of Puerto Rico for “millions of years” almost...
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Professor Aesop's the Crow and the Pitcher
By: Stephanie Gwyn Brown
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A hot, dry desert. A tired, thirsty crow. A tall pitcher of water. Think you know the story?...
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Snow Birds
By: Kirsten Hall
Illustrated by: Jenni Desmond
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Discover birds who survive winter against all odds! You’ve heard of birds who migrate to warmer...
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Sparrow Girl
By: Sara Pennypacker
Illustrated by: Yoko Tanaka
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought...
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Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations
By: Laura Perdew
Illustrated by: Katie Mazeika
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Young readers will discover the amazing adaptations that keep certain species of bird alive and...
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Telephone
By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by: Jen Corace
Age Level: 6-9 years old
It's time to fly home for dinner! A mother bird gives the bird next to her a message for little...
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The Adventures of Sparrowboy
By: Brian Pinkney
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Mild-mannered paperboy Henry collides with a sparrow and turns into Sparrowboy just like his...
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The Bald Eagle
By: Lloyd G. Douglas
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Discover the traits that make the eagle a good symbol for the United States, learn how the eagle...
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The Barn Owls
By: Tony Johnston
Illustrated by: Deborah Kogan Ray
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A poetic tribute to the common barn owl, who doze "in the scent of wheat" and leave "the barn...
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The Beak Book
By: Robin Page
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Explore the fascinating and surprising ways different kinds of birds use their unique beaks....
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The Big Book of Birds
By: Yuval Zommer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Filled with exuberant, colorful illustrations, this is a fun introduction to some of the most...
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The Birdwatchers
By: Simon James
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A grandfather shares with his grandchild the quiet wonder of birdwatching — and a wry talent for...
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
By: Jacqueline Davies
Illustrated by: Melissa Sweet
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The story opens with 18-year-old French naturalist John James Audubon roaming Pennsylvania...
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The Cuckoo's Haiku: and Other Birding Poems
By: Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by: Stan Fellows
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A joyful primer on the pleasures of bird-watching merges haiku, notes for identifying species,...
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The Fog
By: Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by: Kenard Pak
Age Level: 6-9 years old
When a fog rolls into Icyland, it prevents Warble, a small yellow warbler, from enjoying his...
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The Real Poop on Pigeons
By: Kevin McCloskey
Age Level: 6-9 years old
When a couple complains about pigeons in the park, two children in pigeon costumes come to give...
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Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators
By: Jim Arnosky
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The author/illustrator's enthusiasm for the birds he observes is contagious in this artful...
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Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey
By: Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by: Wendell Minor
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Follow a hummingbird’s amazing migration south for the winter, traveling as fast as 30 miles an...
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Today at the Bluebird Cafe: A Branchful of Birds
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A world of birds unfolds in 22 vivid poems that capture the unique personalities of birds from...
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Tuko and the Birds: A Tale from the Philippines
By: Shirley Climo
Illustrated by: Francisco Mora
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Birds sing the people of Maynilad on the Philippine island of Luzon to sleep at night — until Tuko...
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Vulture View
By: April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Turkey vultures are part of nature's clean-up crew. They soar on the balmy air, looking for...
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Welcome, Brown Bird
By: Mary Lyn Ray
Illustrated by: Peter Sylvada
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetic text tells the story of a wood thrush that makes the long migration between New England...
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What Is a Wise Bird Like You Doing in a Silly Tale Like This?
By: Uri Shulevitz
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A nonsensical tall tale about the inhabitants of Pickleberry, including a parrot named Lou, the...
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Wings
By: Christopher Myers
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Stunning, bold collage illustrations carry the action in this reworking of the traditional Greek...
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Woodpecker Wham!
By: April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Enter woodpecker world and get a bird's eye view of everyday life: hiding from hawks, feeding...
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Wow! Look What Birds Can Do
By: Camilla de la Bedoyere
Illustrated by: Ste Johnson
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Introduces birds from around the world and describes some of their unique characteristics and...
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Age Level: 9-12 years old
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story
By: Stephanie Spinner
Illustrated by: Meilo So
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The story of Alex, an African grey parrot, learned to count, add, and subtract; to recognize...
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Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual
By: Kate Samworth
Age Level: 9-12 years old
This mock catalog introduces older readers to the concept of bird extinction by providing a kit...
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Backyard Birds (Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists)
By: Karen Stray Nolting, Jonathan Latimer
Illustrated by: Roger Tory Peterson
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Featuring the original art and bird identification system of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory...
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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
By: Nancy Castaldo
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Explore animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and...
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Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle
By: Deborah Lee Rose
Illustrated by: Jane Veltkamp
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The true story of Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she was illegally shot,...
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Bird's-Eye View: Keeping Wild Birds in Flight
By: Ann Eriksson
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A look at why wild birds are important, why they need help and what young people all over the...
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Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World from Bird and Moon
By: Rosemary Mosco
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Amusing science cartoons about the natural world including animal dating profiles, wildlife wine...
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Canary in the Coal Mine
By: Madelyn Rosenberg
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Bitty, a canary, tells the story of life in a small coal-mining town in West Virginia during the...
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Children's Encyclopedia of Birds
By: Claudia Martin
Age Level: 9-12 years old
This comprehensive visual encyclopedia includes stunning photography of many bird species,...
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Condor Comeback
By: Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by: Tianne Strombeck
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Scientists are working to save the endangered California Condor. In rich narrative, the author...
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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird
By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by: Andy Comins
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Visit a a beautiful Pacific island where a lively cast of both crows and scientists is waiting...
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Crows: Bird Geniuses (Science Comics series)
By: Kyla Vanderklugt
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Crows have problem-solving skills that will make you you rethink what it means to be a bird...
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Homer on the Case
By: Henry Cole
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A homing pigeon teams up with a parrot and their humans to investigate an animal crime spree in...
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Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot
By: Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by: Nic Bishop
Age Level: 9-12 years old
After five years, the call came allowing the author/photographer team to travel to an island off...
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Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
By: Phillip Hoose
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Take a trip around the hemisphere with the world's most celebrated shorebird, showing the...
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
By: Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A classic of American humor (and winner of the 1939 Newbery), the adventures of a house painter...
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Real Pigeons Fight Crime
By: Andrew McDonald
Illustrated by: Ben Wood
Age Level: 9-12 years old
What do real pigeons do? They fight crime, of course! Meet the heroic pigeons secretly flying...
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Songbirds (Peterson Field Guides: Young Naturalists)
By: Karen Stray Nolting, Jonathan Latimer
Illustrated by: Roger Tory Peterson
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Featuring the original art and bird identification system of celebrated naturalist Roger Tory...
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Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
By: Celia C. Pérez
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida...
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Superlative Birds
By: Leslie Bulion
Illustrated by: Robert Meganck
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Get to know all about the best and brightest ― and smelliest! ― denizens of the bird world with...
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The Blue Wings
By: Jef Aerts
Illustrated by: Laura Watkinson
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Two brothers, Josh and Jadran, bound together by affection and responsibility are both dealing...
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The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
By: Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Created for beginning or experienced birders, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide features 545...
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The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region
By: Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Created for beginning or experienced birders, this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide features 636...
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Second Edition)
By: David Allen Sibley
Age Level: 9-12 years old
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The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
By: Jan Thornhill
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The Great Auk was a northern penguin that lived and thrived in the cold waters of the Atlantic....
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The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)
By: Bill Thompson III
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Covering 300 of the most common birds in the U.S. and Canada, this guide for young people is...
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Wild Wings
By: Gill Lewis
Illustrated by: Yuta Onoda
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A story about Callum, a boy from Scotland and Iona, a girl from West Africa who join together to...
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