About?About Habitats series.? ?Exceptionally detailed and uniformly accurate?the Sills succeed admirably.? ?School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEWIn this simple volume, former educator and author Cath
An award-winning, educator-approved first book on birds. From Cathryn and John Sill, creators of the celebrated About? and About Habitats series.
? ?Exceptionally detailed and uniformly accurate?the Sills succeed admirably.? ?School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
In this simple volume, former educator and author Cathryn Sill uses clear, easy-to-understand language to teach children what birds are, what they do, and how they live.
Noted wildlife illustrator John Sill provides beautifully detailed, realistic paintings to showcase the birds? diverse and natural worlds, and an afterword inspires further learning.
About Birds is part of the Sills? award-winning About? series, ideal for casual exploration as well as for preschool and elementary science and animal life units.
Awards:
NSTA Recommends ?National Science Teachers Association
CCBC Choices (The Natural World) ?Cooperative Children?s Book Center
Also available in a Spanish/English bilingual edition! About Birds/Sobre los pájaros
?Fifteen exquisite, scrupulously accurate watercolors of birds in their habitats are captioned by a deceptively simple text?An excellent concept book that takes its young audience seriously while skillfully providing the basics of an important subject.? ?Kirkus Reviews
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?The full-color illustrations by wildlife artist John Sill are so lifelike that one almost expects the birds to fly off the pages?a wonderful visual introduction?? ?Booklist
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Curriculum Connections: Revised Series Non-fiction narrative; Life Science: birds characteristics; behaviors; survival; predator/prey; habitats; protection of; strong picture support; Text features: informational backmatter; glossary; related websites for further investigation
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First guides that describe clearly and simply how animals look, where they live, what they eat, how they defend themselves, and how they care for their young. Back matter provides further detail.
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?Exceptionally detailed and uniformly accurate?the Sills succeed admirably.? ?School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
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