Birds

Birds (class Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds play prominent and diverse roles in folklore, religion, and art. Books about birds include fiction (particularly children's fiction) and non-fiction (such as guides for birdwatchers). ...more

New Releases Tagged "Birds"

It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Impossible Thing
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Place of Tides
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
Tilda Is Visible
The Wedding Forecast
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
The Wild Robot on the Island
Life, Loss, and Puffins
Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird
Will the Pigeon Graduate? (Pigeon, #12)
Crow Talk
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
The Axeman's Carnival
The Genius of Birds
H is for Hawk
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Mind of the Raven
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, A Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan PoeCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoAn Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret  Rogerson
Raven & Crow
252 books — 84 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBeak of the Moon by Philip TempleThe Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Birds as Characters in Fiction
87 books — 27 voters

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
287 books — 64 voters

Cullen and the Kindred Spirit by Gale StanleyHunter and the Hawk by Gale StanleyKade and the Captives by Gale StanleyPeter and the Wolf by Gale StanleyTalon and the Falconer by Gale Stanley
Bird Shifters in Romance
85 books — 53 voters
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyThe Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenClick, Clack, Moo by Doreen CroninThe Story About Ping by Marjorie FlackThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
Best Picture Books about Ducks
185 books — 44 voters


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