"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces cranes to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws writes, "To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you must have an understanding...

Provides a basic introduction to cardinals, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle.

"Describes the characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and threats to peregrine falcons"--Provided by publisher.

A boy and his dog find a newly hatched bird in a nest in a magical little valley.

Looks at the evidence of dinosaurs with skeletal structures and feathers so similar to birds and why that is convincing many scientists that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces cardinals to young readers through leveled text and related photos."--

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

"Vibrant illustrations accompany information about birds. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, reproduction, and behavior of various types of birds; includes information on related web sites.