About Birds: A Guide for Children (The About Series) - Hardcover

Sill, Cathryn

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9781561450282: About Birds: A Guide for Children (The About Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561450286 ISBN 13: 9781561450282

Publisher: Peachtree Pub Co Inc, 1991

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IN THIS DELIGHTFUL BOOK, teacher and birder Cathryn Sill explains to children what birds are, what they do, and how they live. Accompanied by beautifully detailed illustrations from noted wildlife illustrator John Sill, About Birds is a first, thoughtful glimpse into the world of birds, from eggs to nest, from songs to flight. Simple and enlightening, About Birds tells children what is essential for understanding and appreciating birds. An afterword provides further detail for youthful ornithologists and their parents regarding bird identification.

About Birds will faithfully answer the first questions of young ornithologists and charm adults with the wonder and diversity of this important species.

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About the Author:

Cathryn Sill co-authored Peachtree's popular humor titles A FIELD GUIDE TO LITTLE-KNOWN AND SELDOM SEEN BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA and ANOTHER FIELD GUIDE TO LITTLE-KNOWN AND SELDOM SEEN BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA along with her husband John and brother-in-law Ben Sill. She is an elementary school teacher in Franklin, North Carolina, and like John, an avid birder and nature photographer.

John Sill holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from North Carolina State University. He is a prize-winning and widely published wildlife artist who illustrated as well as co-authored the FIELD GUIDES for Peachtree.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-- Exceptionally detailed and uniformly accurate watercolors are each accompanied by a line of descriptive text that offers one straightforward fact about birds: ``Birds have feathers.'' ``Birds travel in different ways.'' ``Most birds fly,'' ``but some swim,'' ``and others run.'' Many are species young people are likely to encounter (Canada goose and American robin), while others (the greater roadrunner or the great horned owl) may be more difficult to locate. The illustrations depict the birds in their appropriate habitats. An afterword adds slightly more detailed information about each species, including the sizes of the nine birds. Little else on this subject exists at such a young level and the Sills succeed admirably in offering a basic introduction to the unique characteristics of birds. Minor quibbles: sometimes only the male of the species is shown, at others both sexes are pictured; in neither instance are readers given any aid in determining gender. In spite of these problems, most librarians will find this a priority purchase since it will fill a niche in their collections. --Ellen Fader, Westport Public Library, CT
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