Birds (Pocket Guides) [Paperback]

Barbara Taylor (Author), Douglas G.D. Russell (Contributor)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Pocket Guides

Kids will enjoy recognizing common examples of birds such as the duck and sparrow and will go crazy over the exotic kiwi, parrot, and flamingo.

Back by popular demand, this series of information books for children ages 8 and over are the same handy size with a fresh new design. All the facts kids need to know about natural history, science, and history topics are in these information-packed little books. Also included are reference books everyone can use-dictionaries in English and Spanish, encyclopedias in key areas, a thesaurus, and a spelling dictionary.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756602033
• ISBN-13: 978-0756602031
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #778,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenally interesting book, January 26, 2011

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This review is from: Birds (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

This is not just for kids! It covers many interesting birds less-known than what the blurb above implies! I got this book as a gift intended as a joke. Little did the gift giver expect how much I would love this little book. It's a phenomenally well-designed book, especially if you intend to dip into it sporadically. Even today, one year later, when I pop it open to random pages, I learn new things. Today, I opened it to a random page and learned how to make plaster casts of animal tracks. The range covered by this book is the entire planet...I'm a bird lover and am familiar with many, many species around the world, but even I didn't know about many of the species discussed in this book. The photographs and drawings are excellently done and excellently placed. The text reveals fascinating facts (many of which even I, a serious but casual birder, was previously unaware of). This is a small but amazingly comprehensive and amazingly interesting book!