Wild About Minnesota Birds: A Youth's Guide to the Birds of Minnesota (Paperback)

by Adele Porter (Author)

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Product Description
Kids are naturally curious, and Wild About Minnesota Birds can help satisfy that curiosity while fostering a love of nature. The vivid photographs and convenient format will have wildlife fans of all ages flipping through the book with each sighting. In the backyard, at a city park or on a road trip, you'll reach for Wild About Minnesota Birds again and again.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications (August 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591930529
• ISBN-13: 978-1591930525
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #559,825 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Grandson loves it, May 22, 2008

By	Barbara J. Teeter - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought two copies of this book intending to give them to my siblings who live in Minnesota. One copy never left my home because my three-year-old grandson loves it. He's too young to read, but he often grabs it for reading time instead of Dr. Seuss. He's learned the names of most of the birds, and each time we look at it with him, he asks new questions. He knows that we can find what sounds the birds make, what they eat, how big they are, etc. The pictures are page-size beautiful photographs, not just drawings. The format is colorful, easy to use, and geared for young people (but our interest age ranges from 3 to 60!). Warning: you may find yourself investing in bird feeders.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, May 22, 2009

By	Shirley T. (Aitkin, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This is an excellent bird book for both children and adults. I recommend it for any family that likes to bird watch. Also, I was very impressed with Amazon as I had a speedy delivery and the book arrived in great condition.

5.0 out of 5 stars We're WILD about this one!, March 10, 2009

By	J. Grufman (Minnesota) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for my son, but I spend as much time delving into it as he does, and it is one of the books he has taken to carrying with him on road-trips. It is subtitled "A Youth's Guide to Birds of Minnesota", but if you are an "adult," don't let that stop you from reading this book. I happen to like a generous helping of pictures with my facts, and I enjoy reading information presented to me in a format with colorful graphics and sidebars. This book provides all of that while offering up a healthy dose of bird info - the birds' common and scientific names, size, markings, general meanings of calls, natural history, habitat, diet, life cycles, time of activity, migration, nesting, flight and movement specifics, locations, and fun or gross (yet always interesting) facts. We also have the NAS Field Guide to Birds (Eastern) which also has beautiful pictures and lots of info, but "Wild About Minnesota Birds" is the one we run for first.