Contains little-known facts, legends, and stories about birds, and includes over a dozen activities, such as making a quill pen and building a bird feeder, that teach about birds and nature.
"Climb up through the rain forest and see the amazing animals that live in the different layers. See the biggest bird-eating spider and find out why sloths may look green. Here you will come face to face with some of the strangest creatures on Earth."--P. [4] of cover.
A bird and a fish love their habitats but long for a friend to share them with; they are granted magical powers so that the fish can fly and the bird swim; they then explore the unknown together.
Miguelito, a boy who has been living in a magician's hat, falls out when a wind carries the hat to the top of a tree, and is fearful of the things he sees around him until a kind cow and bird explain to him the ways of the world.