Blue Sky Bluebird - Softcover

Chrustowski, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991154401 ISBN 13: 9780991154401

Publisher: Animals In Action Press, 2004

Synopsis

In a cozy nest of grass a female bluebird lays her eggs, blue as the summer sky. When they hatch, there are four tiny chicks to feed. The parent birds hunt all day for tasty insects to give their hungry brood.The chicks grow quickly, and within a few weeks they have enough feathers to learn to fly. At first their wings are shaky and unsure, but soon the fledglings are fast enough to catch their own meals. The nearly grown chicks help their parents raise a new brood of hungry babies - before the cold winter drives the family south.

About this title

About the Author

Rick Chrustowski is the author/illustrator of BRIGHT BEETLE, HOP FROG, TURTLE CROSSING, BIG BROWN BAT, and BEE DANCE (2015). Rick loves to learn about nature, and while he was making this book he spent lots of time studying a family of bluebirds that live in a nest box he made for them.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-An introduction to the life cycle of the bluebird from spring mating, nest building, and egg laying to the southward migration in fall. The brief, readable text is so interesting and informative that it will easily hold the attention of children not yet capable of reading it on their own. Adult bluebirds raise two families each year-in spring and in late summer. Once the fledglings from the first brood have learned to fly and to hunt their own food, they help the parents to raise their younger siblings; then they all fly south together. Using layer upon layer of colored pencil over watercolor wash, Chrustowski shows each step in the cycle in bold, vividly colored illustrations so finely detailed that the softness of the birds' downy heads and breasts is clearly visible. Proper terminology (embryo, nestling, fledgling, clutch) is included within the text; stages of development from yolk sac to embryo to chick are shown and briefly described. A final page of notes provides further information. Although no sources are listed, this finely crafted presentation of fact and artwork exemplifies the best in informational literature.-Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
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Edition details

• Publisher: Animals In Action Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0991154401
• ISBN 13: 9780991154401
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Chrustowski Rick