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Birds
Contributor(s): Henkes, Kevin (Author), Dronzek, Laura (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0061363049 ISBN-13: 9780061363047
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2009
Annotation: Vibrant and lively paintings accompany a simple text, in this new picture book by a celebrated husband-and-wife team. With a fine eye for detail, a little girl describes birds--their sizes, shapes, colors, the way they move, and how they are most like her. Full color.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Birds
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2007045084

Age Level: 2-5

Grade Level: PreK-K

Lexile Measure: 410 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.47" H x 9.56" W x 11.54" L (0.94 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Great Lakes Book Awards, Finalist, Picture Book, 2009
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Up to Seven, 2010
Ladybug Picture Book Award, Nominee, Children's Picture, 2010
Beehive Awards, Nominee, Picture, 2011
Buckaroo Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2009
Texas 2x2 Reading List, Recommended, Children's, 2010
Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award, Honor Book, Beginning Fiction, 2010
Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2011

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/15/2008 pg. 52
Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 76
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2009
School Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 76
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2009 pg. 182
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2009
New York Times Book Review 05/10/2009 pg. 17
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2009 pg. 33
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2010 pg. 14
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 24
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 128270
Reading Level: 2.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

In what the New York Times Book Review calls "a perfect book," a little girl watches birds from her window and dreams she can fly. A board book edition of the critically acclaimed picture book from the award-winning husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek. An ALA Notable Book.

Birds "will resonate with the youngest children," said School Library Journal. With a fine eye for detail, a girl observes and describes birds--their sizes, their colors, their shapes, the way they move and appear and disappear, and how they are most like her. She imagines what it would be like if clouds looked like birds, or if she could ask the birds questions. Though she can't fly, the girl can do one thing birds do--she can sing. Vibrant and lively paintings accompany a text pitched precisely to preschoolers in this husband-and-wife collaboration. This board book edition offers a fresh perspective and a new point of view to very young children. Booklist said, "Together, the words and pictures create a book that will enchant preschool audiences again and again."

Contributor Bio(s): Henkes, Kevin: -

Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors--one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller--and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com

Dronzek, Laura: -

Laura Dronzek is a painter whose work has been exhibited nationally. Her picture books include Moonlight, by Helen V. Griffith; It Is Night, by Phyllis Rowand; and White Is for Blueberry, by George Shannon.

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