birds

"With humorous text and . . . paintings, Paul Meisel's story teaches children about the life cycle of an Eastern Bluebird"--Provided by publisher.

"Bird builds the perfect nest, the only problem is everyone else wants to sleep in it!"--Provided by publisher.

Karate Kakapo loves karate more than anything---more than kung fu, more than judo, more than taekwondo. No one at her dojo tries harder or practices more. The running kicks, the jumping kicks, the side kicks---she has mastered them all. But Karate Kakapo is at a disadvantage: kakapos can't fly, and it seems that no amount of practice can help her conquer that elusive flying kick. Karate Kakapo comes to discover that sometimes coming at a problem from a different perspective helps you to solve it.

Eleven-year-old bird watcher Ben must defy his brother to save their father after the glass plague sweeps through their town and a voice on the radio demands the simultaneous shattering of all plague victims.

"Eleven-year-old December waits to sprout wings and fly away, until a new foster mother changes her perspective on home and family"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the intersecting stories of a boy's quest for independence during a stay with his grandfather in the Colorado Rockies, and the maturation of a bird that lives in the waterfalls of a mountain stream.

Everyone finds some kind of food distasteful. That might be broccoli for some or olives for others. This book puts those foods into perspective, and young readers will eat it up. They'll learn that bird parents will do anything to bring their chicks the nutrition they need and in a form they can ingest. That sometimes means chicks eat vomit.

Introduces emergent readers to a variety of familiar birds.

"In this full-color storybook based on Nickelodeon's animated series Top Wing, best friends and cadets-in-training Swift, Penny, Rod, and Brody learn what it takes to gain their wings and become rescue birds at Top Wing Academy"--Provided by the publisher.

"Bird lives for adventure. He wants to swoop, soar, and explore. Giraffe is perfectly happy right where he is, thank you very much. He never worries when Bird flits off for a while. But one afternoon his friend fails to return. Giraffe has a bad feeling that something has happened to Bird. Giraffe dreads the wide world full of tangly forests, craggy mountains, and mysterious plains. But he doesn't hesitate. If Bird is in trouble, then Giraffe will find and rescue him"--Amazon.