Birds (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061363047)

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.

Perfect for the small dreamers and naturalists in your life, this critically acclaimed picture book is from the award-winning husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek.

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.

Booklist said, "Together, the words and pictures create a book that will enchant preschool audiences again and again." Birds "will resonate with the youngest children," said School Library Journal.

Author: Kevin Henkes
ISBN-10: 0061363049
ISBN-13: 9780061363047
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2009
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 11.54h x 9.56w x 0.47d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 128270 / Birds

Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Great Lakes Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Honor Book
Award: Ladybug Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
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