What Kind of Bird Is That?

by Mirra Ginsburg

An envious goose trades his various features for those he admires on other animals until he becomes a strange, unrecognizable bird.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Mirra Ginsburg was a Jewish Russian-American translator of Russian literature, a collector of folk tales and a children's writer. Born in Bobruisk (then part of the Russian Empire, now part of modern-day Belarus) in 1909, she moved with her family to Latvia, then to Canada, before they settled in the United States. Although she won praise for her translations of adult literature, including the Master and Margarita (1967) by Mikhail Bulgakov and We (1972) by Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin, she is perhaps most celebrated for her contributions to children's literature. She collected and translated a vast array of folktales from the Russian tradition, as well as Siberian and Central Asian traditions. Ginsburg died in 2000.

Reviews

[Anna Munson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandpa used to read this book to me when I was little. It was very cute back then and it gave me great memories.

[Aliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book. It reminds me of the Ugly Duck.