Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scienti...

Look, See the Bird! is a beautifully illustrated children's book which seeks to not only promote curiosity in children about the natural world around them, but also to establish the universal quality of having a connection with nature. Look, See the Bird! follows children in a variety of locations, all of whom are learning about local birds and their habits.Beginning with Ruben and his sister Maria, who have decided to spend their day bird-watching in the coffee p...

More than a clever counting book, Ten Birds highlights ingenuity, common sense and the inadequacies of labels. Cybele Young's intricate pen-and-ink drawings depict a rich alternative world that both children and adults will marvel over.

Noah Larsen lives in the big city, enjoying fast-foods, movies, and heaps of mates. That's until his parents decide to move to Stewart Island. Looking at a map, Noah sees the island as the most desolate place on earth, stuck way down south, almost at the bottom of the world. The reality, when he gets there, is even worse: no fast-food chains, no cinema complex, and not a single boy of his age at the tiny school. But there is a girl, who lives next door: Hailey North, a bossy know-it-all wh...

“A first-rate fantasy for middle-grade readers,” declares Booklist in a starred review, comparing Gabriel Finley to Harry Potter, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, and The Mysterious Benedict Society.A tangle of ingenious riddles, a malevolent necklace called a torc, and flocks of menacing birds: these are just some of the obstacles that stand between Gabriel and his father, Adam Finley, who has vanished from their Brooklyn brownstone. When Gabri...

This morning, Raffi McCaffery is anxious. Behind his house, chain saws are threatening to topple trees and build on land where songbirds live. Without a place to nest, what will happen to the common yellowthroat? Raffi isn't sure what he can do to save the birds, because he has trouble walking. His legs may be weak, but he has lots of ideas, and friends ready to help!

Now for something completely different from Mini Grey!A mother hen tells her chicks about the egg that wanted to fly. “The egg was young. It didn’t know much. We tried to tell it, but of course it didn’t listen.” The egg loves looking up at the birds (yes, it has eyes). It climbs 303 steps (yes, it has legs) to the top of a very tall tower—and jumps. It feels an enormous egg rush. “Whee!” it cries. “I am flying!” But it is not flying, it is falling. Hold your tears, dear r...

Children's book about two people feeding birds and how the birds act and how it effects the people feeding the birds

A girl in foster care tries to find her birth mother before she loses her forever in this “tender tale” (School Library Journal, starred review) about last chances and new opportunities.For a kid bouncing from foster home to foster home, The Book of Changes is the perfect companion. That’s why Marin carries three pennies and a pocket-sized I Ching with her everywhere she goes. Yet when everything in her life suddenly starts changing—like ...

This fantastic addition to the Colin the Librarian series contains four new exciting stories.Colin’s Second Chinese AdventureA question by Colin’s little daughter Charlotte leads to the phoenix on the magic bookmark transporting the whole family plus Sammy and M back to ancient China to the very palace and time Colin and Sammy experienced an earlier adventure. The story unfolds like a pantomime with the Emperor playing crazy golf and his enemies the Ugly Brothers being defeated by Colin an...

CAT IN THE WINDOW and other stories: CHARLIE, BIG JAY AND LITTLE BIRDLove, friendship, courage, respect and kindness are within these fictional stories; they entertain and teach without being moralistic.CAT IN THE WINDOW –Kitty cat has a keen interest about the fascinating world of his surrounding neighborhood. While reclining on his comfortable window seat in the sun, he observes every nuance. Various species of wildlife maneuver a...

'The Secret of Colorie, the Hummingbird' is the first story of the 'Colorie Series'. It is a story that reflects the importance of honesty and friendship in our lives. Colorie is a beautiful colorful hummingbird that lives with his two friends Piccolo, the summer tanager, and Rico, the resplendent quetzal in the garden of the Mendez family in one of the towns of Hispanic America. The Mendez family consists of the grandmother Doña Alba and her two fourteen-year-old grandsons, Santiago and ...