Busy Birdies

by John Schindel, Steven Holt (Photographer)

Overview

Busy, busy birdies.
What are they doing?
 
Birdy nibbling
 
Birdy dribbling
 
Birdies eyeing
 
Birdies flying

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582463179
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	04/13/2010
Series:	Busy Animals Series
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

Editorial Reviews

Review, Kirkus Reviews, April 13,2010:
"Spectacular photographs combine with tight participle couplets to present a variety of bird behaviors.... The heron “catching” a fish is worth the price of admission alone, and the “birdy jumping” is just fantastic."

From the Publisher

Spectacular photographs combine with tight participle couplets to present a variety of bird behaviors. Some are obvious-"birdy sipping" captures a hummingbird with its beak plunged into a narrow tubular flower-others less so-"birdy nipping" depicts one seagull chomping on another's head. Holt's images are the stars here, but Schindel's text presents some chewy vocabulary surprises, in keeping with the series's standard (Busy Chickens, 2009, etc.). One bird is caught "dribbling," a pair of owls is seen "eyeing" and a couple of mallards enjoy "dunking." A variety of species is presented, from songbirds to raptors to water birds and more. The heron "catching" a fish is worth the price of admission alone, and the "birdy jumping" is just fantastic. A list of species pictured is available on the publisher's website. (Board book. 1-2)

Kirkus Reviews