Quick, Quiet, and Feathered

by Moira Butterfield, Wayne Ford (illustrator)

Each title in this delightful and informative series of young naturalist books looks at a different animal and invites youngsters to guess what it is. Opening with a three-word description and followed by a series of colorful drawings depicting a different part of the animal's body, each book gradually reveals the whole animal to the child reader. Accompanying text and additional illustrations provide further clues to the animal's identity and give an insight into how it lives. The books conclude with an illustration of the animal's young, a map of the world showing its homelands, a fun quiz, and a glossary.The simple text gradually unveils the identity of the brown bear to the reader. Physical characteristics, feeding methods and habits, environment, seasonal behavior, vocal sounds, bear cubs, and marking territory are all discussed briefly. Detailed illustrations reveal only one body part at a time. Children can see where brown bears live on a colorful map of the world.

31 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

I wrote my first book when I was 8 years old. I glued photos of my cats in a blank book and wrote about them, too. Now I am an internationally-published children's author commended by the Library of Congress for my work encouraging children to read.
I write in a room between a deli and an art gallery on a small town street. I can see families walking by, and I can hear children laughing and playing. It helps me to remember what exactly I'm doing this for - creating books for families all over the world to use together, and helping children to love words.

Reviews

[Hannah Evilsizor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be for preschool through first grade. It contains riddles about different animals such as owls and other little outside animals. This book would be good to have during an outside unit or an animal unit. Also it is just a good book to use to work on problem solving. This book contains the clues in picture form as well so students who can't read could still gain something from looking at the illustrations and maybe read it with a friend. I would also put this in a center or my library. Also this book contains vocabulary that could be new and good to explain.

[Monica Babaian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book in library classes for pre-Kinder and Kinder students while studying owls. We prepared a KWL chart of owl facts and questions about owls prior to reading the book. Since the students knew we were studying owls, I couldn't really use the book to make predictions. But it was greet for learning new vocabulary words, what owls eat, their sleeping habits, etc. The students really liked it, and it was hard not to share in the enthusiasm.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great prediction and informational book on owls. The author highlights different aspects of the bird and finally you find out that it is an owl!

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like using this book in owl storytime for preschoolers. I try to throw in a nonfiction book that reads like a fiction one when I can.