birds

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Saving the peregrine falcon

1985
Describes the efforts of scientists who are trying to save the peregrine falcon from extinction by taking the fragile eggs that would not survive in the wild, hatching them, raising the chicks, and then releasing the birds back into the wild.

Inch by inch

1995
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

Let's discover warm-blooded animals

1980
A reference book dealing with birds and specific mammal groups such as rodents, carnivores, and ungulates.

Animals in cold places

2000
Describes some of the animals that live in the coldest climates of the world, including the harp seal, polar bear, snowy owl, Arctic fox, beluga whale, and emperor penguin.

The moa

1996
Describes what is known of the history and habits of the large extinct bird of New Zealand.

About birds

a guide for children
1991
Text and illustrations introduce the world of birds from eggs to flight, from songs to nests.

How to heal a broken wing

2008
When Will finds a bird with a broken wing, he takes it home and cares for it, hoping in time it will be able to return to the sky.

Are you my mother?

1960
A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

Birds

1997
Describes the different birds that have been chosen by the fifty states and the District of Columbia to represent them.

Stellaluna

1993
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

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