Birds

by Rene Mettler

Overview

All the miracles and marvels of the world of birds—their flight and their feathers, their nests and their eggs. Take off through the pages as cleas as a summer sky, and get closer to birdlife than you've ever been before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781851031078
Publisher:	Moonlight Publishing CO
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Pages:	38
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

René Mettler is a children's book creator.

Editorial Reviews

Originally published in France, this small square book is part of a handsomely designed First Discovery series, which introduces biology and other information to young children. The simple, fact-filled text about birds' beaks, claws, feathers, nests, feeding, and flight is realistically illustrated with sharp, glowingly colored pictures on strong white paper. The spiral-bound pages make ingenious use of brightly painted transparencies that reveal surprising changes and connections as you turn the pages. The page on flight has a transparency that lifts up to reveal a diagram of the bird's lightweight skeleton. The page on camouflage shows a ptarmigan with feathers that blend with its surroundings. A final double-page spread shows birds flying south in autumn--crows, geese, storks, and swallows--each group in its own formation.

Hazel Rochman