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

ISBN: 0061363057 ISBN-13: 9780061363054
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

OUR PRICE: $17.95

Binding Type: Library Binding - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2009
Annotation: Birds come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Birds are magic. Birds are everywhere. If you listen very carefully you will hear them, no matter where you live. And if you look very closely you will see them, no matter where you are. And if you can't go outside right this minute, you can always read this book!

Additional Information

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

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2007045084

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Lexile Measure: 410 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.44" H x 9.6" W x 11.48" L (0.96 lbs) 32 pages

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

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 76
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
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2009 pg. 33
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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