Customer Reviews

Birds

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We heard this book at library storytime and checked it out. Then renewed it. And again. Then returned it and checked it out the next day. It's on my 1 year old's Xmas list so we can own it. He wants it read to him at least five times a day. When it's done he cries, sometimes. This review is obviously biased because hey, babies are strange and unpredictable. But I love reading it to him too. I love the imaginative language and the pictures.

my 2 1/2 year old loves this book. We have had it out of the library for the maximum time and I just ordered it...
She absolutely loves the illustrations and I enjoy reading this lovely book.
Her favorite part is the one where all the birds are on the tree and leave at the same time, and she shouts "surprise!" on the 2nd page (for those who have read the book, you know what I mean).

She loves the page which talks about how some birds are so dark all that you can see are their shapes, and says every time we read it, "can't see, only the shape,"

It is a lovely lovely book and I look forward to more from this husband wife team. This inspired us to check out Oh! and other books by this couple, as well as Kevin Henkes's books...

One of the nicest songs to get up to in the morning is the singing of the birds. You can hear them sing "through the open window." There are all different colored birds. There are red, blue, brown, red "or even green, I think." Some birds are so dark you can only see their shape, nothing more. There are big birds like flamingos or tiny ones like hummingbirds. There are all kinds of "in-between" sized birds like owls, finches, seagulls and pipers.

Sometimes there are many birds all lined up in a row on a telephone wire. You can hear them chatter if you are close enough, but every now and then if you look away "for just a second . . . gone!" In this book you will see amazing patterns that birds would create if their tail feathers were like paintbrushes and "made marks with their feathers when they flew," or what birds would look like if they were clouds in the morning or at night. You will see them in trees and BOOM flying up and away to the sky. Have you ever wondered where birds go when it rains?

The text and the art work blend together in a magical way to bring the love of birds and birdwatching to the young child. Many children seem to share their fascination of birds with their parents. This book is easy to read, especially given the visuals, but would be much more fun if someone read it to them. It's a perfect book to read aloud during circle time as well. Birds are beautiful creatures, aren't they?

I love reading this book to groups this time of year. It reinforces for kids the beauty of all the birds that are singing outside their windows. The simple story and the simple and sometimes elegant illustrations make this perfect for group sharing. It always generates lots of audience response and really prompts the imagination. A big recommend for group and one on one sharing.

We all love the illustrations, but wow, my daughter just loves this book. The simple story is just right and the images are wonderful.

The illustrations in this book are bold and colorful. The text gives the pictures a chance to amuse as well as inform its audience.

Kevin Henkes writes about birds, from singing in the window to resting in a rainbow of colors. From black birds to big birds, from birds on a wire birds to birds flying higher, birds are ever present. From winter birds to flocks of spring birds, birds inspire us to go higher, and most of all to sing. Children ages 3-6 will enjoy this celebration of birds.

I borrowed this from the library for my grandson. He liked it so much that I gave it to him for Christmas. He interacts with the pictures: counting the birds, naming their colors, shouting "surprise!" at the right time.

My kids both love this book. It's a simple book and the pictures are nice.

This is one of my 16-month-old son's top three favorite books. He loves birds, so that could be one reason why he likes it so much. But it could also be that he likes birds because of this book since we have been reading it to him for several months now. He really likes the pictures and hearing the story (that we embellish with tweets and hoots, of course). He is very active and only sits still for a few books, and this is one of them. I really enjoy reading this book to him, it is very cute and creative, with great pictures. I definitely recommend this book to anyone.