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1) About birds
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations introduce the world of birds from eggs to flight, from songs to nests.
2) Telephone
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.
5) Stellaluna
Author
Language
English
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Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Zander is a monster. And monsters don't have friends. But one day Zander meets Bird, and a strange thing happens. They start to spend some time together. Zander even tells Bird a secret no one else knows about. When another monster asks, "Is that your friend?" Zander says no ... but is that true?"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Introduces babies and toddlers to unusual bird species, including the magnificent frigatebird with a bright red throat pouch and the California condor--the largest flying birds in North America! Gentle rhyming verses provide the comforting repetition that little ones crave, even as their minds are opened to new and fascinating creatures from around the world"--
Author
Series
Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment volume no. 35
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Language
English
Description
The author tells of his trek across thousands of miles of Texas territory to explore nearly five hundred different species of birds and their habitats.On the morning of January 1, 2000, Mark T. Adams started counting birds. His goal was to find the largest possible number of species in one year in Texas, an undertaking known in birding parlance as a Big Year. By the evening of December 31, he had tied the record of 489 species seen or heard within...
Author
Series
Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment volume no. 47
Language
English
Description
“. . . includes some stunning images of Mexican and less-well-known Texas species . . . the authors have provided a unique and elegant publication that is truly an important contribution to Texas ornithology.” —Great Plains Research
“Everyone interested in Texas birds must have the Handbook of Texas Birds, a marvelous book. It is full of up-to-date information about Texas birds that cannot be found in one place anywhere else. [The annotations]...
10) The Twits
Author
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything--except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge. [www.amazon.fr]
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Language
English
Description
This hilariously eye-popping book showcases real-world angry birds and 50 fantastic stories peppered with tips to avoid them, as well as fascinating facts about angry bird behavior. In addition to the funny and light-hearted real-life angry bird stories, National Geographic Angry Birds: Fed up, Feathered, and Furious will tell, for the first time ever, the story of the Angry Birds we all know and love from the hit game. Angry Bird fans will finally...
15) Backyard birding
Publisher
Fog City Press
Language
English
Description
Provides information about birds.
16) The dodo
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the extinct dodo, a large flightless bird that lived on the islands of Maur
Author
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Language
English
Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, John and Gloria Tveten wrote a weekly column, called Nature Trails, for the Houston Chronicle. Wide ranging in both subject matter and geography, their writings reflected a rewarding life of travel, study, and observation in nature, including many memorable encounters with birds. Now, gathered together in Our Life with Birds, these writings let us sit back and enjoy the best of John and Gloria Tveten as they tell...
Author
Series
W.L. Moody Jr. natural history volume no. 32
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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