Birds are diverse, warm-blooded vertebrates with feathers and beaks, playing vital ecological roles. Their beauty and importance highlight the need for conservation efforts to protect them.
Arctic terns make the longest migration of any species. Every year, they fly from the northern Arctic to the southern Antarctic—and back—spending most of the year in flight.
Tiny Tern Takes Flight
A young child observes and admires a friendly ruby-throated hummingbird in this poetic love letter to the smallest birds in the world.
Born Inside a Nest So Small
This children's book is about a green cheek conure named Shamu who is a little bird with a big personality. In this book, readers will learn about his favorite things and the challenges he faces in this sweet story on his life.
A Little Bird Named Shamu
In the late nineteenth century, American bird lovers faced a crisis. Bird species were becoming endangered or even extinct at an alarming rate, and old methods of hunting and collecting specimens accelerated the process.
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners, a Critical Edition
In addition to the many types of bird that live in the Arctic year-round, there are about one hundred species that travel seasonally to the Arctic to lay their eggs and raise their young.
A Children's Guide to Arctic Birds
Cranky, crabby Crow does not want to play with Squirrel or do loop-de-loops with Hummingbird.
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
This delightfully wild book covers everything a young nature lover could want to discover about birds.
Wild Your World: Birds
Soon the young boy notices a fuzzy nest being built--like Noah's family, this hummingbird is making a new home.
A Hummingbird on My Balcony
Some wings make music, some wings move too fast to see, and some wings carry people all over the world.
Wonder Wings: Guess Who's Flying (the Nature Riddles and Rhymes Series)
Birds are all around us! Discover facts about amazing flying friends, from the way they look to what they eat to how they behave, in this colorful nature activity book.
I Love Birds Activity Book: 65 Puzzles, Mazes, Projects, and Stickers!
In simple yet informative language, A Place for Birds introduces young readers to the ways human action or inaction can affect bird populations and opens kids’ minds to a wide range of environmental issues.
A Place for Birds (Third Edition)
When a fire starts near their home, all of the animals—from the largest elephant to the smallest ant—are too scared to do anything but watch. All, that is, except for one tiny hummingbird. She knows she must do something to save her nest. She must do...
The Littlest Drop
On a chilly spring day, Goose and Gander flap down toward a little island just beginning to thaw out after a long winter. It is here that they will build a nest, lay eggs, and wait. And wait. And...wait. For the goslings to arrive. During all that wa...
Goose Egg Island
Fly, flutter, and flap into the colorful world of birds in this interactive book for kids ages 8 and up.
Turn This Book Into a Bird Feeder!: And 19 Other Activities to Explore the Amazing World of Birds
Before Florence, there was no such thing as "bird-watching". Bright plumes on lady's hats were all the rage, but no one was climbing trees or wading through marsh-grass to spot the birds they came from. Even scientists studied birds in labs instead o...
Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey