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Posted: Dec 08 2008 at 10:37pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
I need bird picture books...similar to Make Way for Ducklings. I'm planning a 4H project on birds and would love to have books to read to fill in time when/if needed. This is for 7-8year olds.

Anyone have some faves?

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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 2:19am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
Martha, Spirin
Days of the Blackbird, dePaola
The Red Bird, Lindgren
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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 2:34am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Well gosh, there's nothing quite like Make Way for Ducklings - such a sweet classic, but I presume you mean in general, books that are more a story than informational, yet probably not with the birds having attributes that make them more human than animal. Am I on the right track?

How to Heal a Broken Wing – Bob Graham (pigeon)
White Owl, Barn Owl – Nicola Davis (barn owl)
Have you seen my duckling - Nancy Tafuri (duck)
Luck - Jean Craighead George (sandhill crane)
Welcome, Brown Bird - Mary Lyn Ray (wood thrush)
Angelo - David Macaulay (pigeon)
Only a Pigeon - Jane Kurtz (pigeon)
Fly, Homer, Fly - Bill Peet (pigeon)
Cock-a-doodle Dudley - Bill Peet (rooster)
Honey, Honey, Lion! - Jan Brett (honeyguide)

Oh and I see Suzanne has posted in the time I was compiling lists. I concur with her choices so didn't duplicate them.


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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 8:57am | IP Logged Quote CeliaHartmann
Homeschool Share has units for several books, as well as lapbooks for several kinds of birds and for backyard birds.
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/connections__birds.php


Also, a unit for The Boy Who Drew Birds (Audubon) was recently added, but it hasn't made it to the connection page yet.
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/boy_who_drew_birds.php

HSS also has a lapbook for Albert.
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/resources_albert.php
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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 9:44am | IP Logged Quote Sarah M
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi is a good one.
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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 2:42pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
Woohoo...thanks ladies!!! This will all be great additions!

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Posted: Dec 09 2008 at 3:32pm | IP Logged Quote CeliaHartmann
Thought of another book: Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush by Lynne Cherry.
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Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 7:54am | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Bumping this up... anyone else have some good pictures books with birds to add?
My ds is *bird crazy*.

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Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 6:05pm | IP Logged Quote Stephanie_Q
Adding:
"Pelican" by Brian Wildsmith
"The Spooky Tale of Prewitt Peacock" by Bill Peet
"Just Plain Fancy" by Patricia Polacco
those last two are about peacocks...then you're getting into poultry. There was a thread started after this post on chicken books...picture books featuring chickens with lots of ideas in that direction.

Another by Jean George is "The Hole In The Tree" that has b&w pictures and a longer story about a hole that a bark beetle starts - and how a variety of birds and other animals use it through the years.

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Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 8:46pm | IP Logged Quote Waverley
2 books about owls:

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell - 3 baby owls anxiously await the return of their mother who has been out hunting. The illustrations are beautiful and the story depicts a very positive, loving relationship between siblings.

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen- a young girl goes on her first owl spotting walk at night with her father.

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Posted: Dec 18 2009 at 9:10pm | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
Linking our Listmania Owl Books List in case you decide to go crazy with Owls this winter!

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Posted: Dec 23 2009 at 5:45pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Thanks for all these suggestions!

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Posted: Jan 14 2010 at 3:15pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Seconding Pelican by Brian Wlidsmith.

It's a sweet story, and my dc really liked the flip pages.

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Posted: Jan 23 2010 at 1:51pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Another good bird thread

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Crow Call
Days of the Blackbird
The Rooster's Gift
Bird books with bird calls/sounds

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Posted: Oct 11 2014 at 1:29pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
On the Wing (David Elliott) - really lovely picture book of bird poetry. Each double page illustration includes a poem introducing a different species of bird - some familiar, so less common.

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A Goose Named Gilligan

I love that this is a true story... also enjoyed the pictures, especially the fall ones

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