Birds in Your Backyard (Sharing Nature With Children Book) [Paperback]

Barbara Herkert (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Sharing Nature With Children Book

Watching birds can be easy and lots of fun. With plentiful illustrations and simple text, this book is especially designed to kindle the spark of interest in birds for children ages 4 to 10. The young person in your life will learn how to attract birds and identify common backyard birds. There is also lots of age-appropriate information, such as the distinctive behaviors of different species, how to make a nest box, official state and provincial birds in the U.S. and Canada, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3-Soft-edged, gently colored illustrations highlight this pleasant introduction to the joys of bird-watching. The conversational text presents a wide variety of birds, gives tips on providing food and water to attract them, offers directions for building a birdhouse, and gives advice on buying binoculars for children. The illustrations show a nicely orchestrated mix of ethnicity gender in the watching youngsters, though for definite identification of the illustrated birds one really needs a field guide. One map lists the state province birds of the U.S. and Canada, and the other two indicate the common birds in eastern and western North America. This is a helpful resource for teachers who have access to outdoor areas for attracting birds to be observed, and is definitely useful to homeschooling parents.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Birds in Your Backyard is a wonderful introduction to the joy of birding." -- Dave Mizejewski - National Wildlife Federation

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 36 pages
• Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA); First Edition edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584690259
• ISBN-13: 978-1584690252
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book!, October 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Birds in Your Backyard (Sharing Nature With Children Book) (Hardcover)

This book is packed with information about birds and bird watching yet it is written in a comfortable entertaining picture book format. It contains a recipe for bird "cake", directions for building a bird box, and even suggests what kind of plants birds may enjoy in your backyard.

What I liked most about this book was the "common" backyard bird identification pages as well as a listing and illustration of every state bird. It was fun to find out what my state bird is as well as other states. The author has done an outstanding job of presenting the joy of birds and bird watching in a beautifully illustrated picture book.

I highly recommend "Birds in Your Backyard" for any young person (ages 4-8) interested in learning about not only birds but who are interested in interacting with their natural environment.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better Bird Identification Desired, December 7, 2004

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Amos Quito (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds in Your Backyard (Sharing Nature With Children Book) (Paperback)

Wonderful information presented very nicely. However, if searching for a book with photos/drawings of birds to aid young potential birdwatchers a buyer may want to make another choice.
The illustrations are much too muted/soft for noting distinctions/characteristics which would be helpful for child and adult alike.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Birds in Your Backyard, October 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Birds in Your Backyard - Out of Print (Paperback)

An excellent introduction to birds and birdwatching. Beautifully illustrated to draw young children in. Older children will enjoy the fun facts and hands-on projects. Endorced by the National Wildlife Federation, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the American Birding Association.