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"

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
The Place of Tides
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Impossible Thing
The Wedding Forecast
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Tilda Is Visible
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
The Bird Watcher
The Axeman's Carnival
Crow Talk
Ew, It's Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Candle Island
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
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
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
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
The Sibley Guide to Birds
The Big Year by Mark ObmascikSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
For the Love of Birds
238 books — 71 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Fox Busters by Dick King-SmithChicken Boy by Frances O'Roark DowellPlumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady WoodsonThe Case of the Wayward Fae ~ A Chronicle of Mister Marmee by H.L.  Stephens
Chicken Books
149 books — 34 voters

The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenWild Swans by Jung ChangDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. WhiteSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Swans
305 books — 43 voters
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachThe Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix PotterThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Waterfowl
319 books — 50 voters

Gwen the Rescue Hen by Leslie  CrawfordChicken Frank, Dinosaur! by S.K. WengerBantam of the Opera by Mary Jane AuchChicken Butt! by Erica S. PerlChicken Lily by Lori Mortensen
Chicken Books for Kids
86 books — 33 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
184 books — 44 voters


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