cage birds

Provides information about taking care of a bird including feeding, grooming, exercise, and health care. Includes dozens of tips, diagrams of a parakeet's anatomy and life cycle, and a glossary.

Surveys the history of keeping birds as pets and outlines the needs and habits of some common pet birds.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the proper care of birds.

Stanley is excited about bringing the class pet, a bird, home for the weekend, but when his friend Larry urges him to open the cage and let Figgy out to fly, it is hard to know who is to blame for the ensuing disaster.

Provides general information on the care of birds, offers advice on choosing a pet, and features descriptions of ten popular bird species, including budgies, finches, and parrotlets.

Sixteen-year-old Anooshka Stargirl, whose homelife is less than rosy, meets a rock singer named Orpheus and finds her obsession with him drawing her into his world.

Simple text and photographs show young readers how to care for a new bird; discussing choosing a breed, supplies, feeding, cleaning a cage, and signs of sickness.

Provides information on keeping birds as pets, including how to choose and care for a bird.

Provides information about the physical and psychological needs of pet birds, as well as about how to choose and care for them as pets.

Told from a cockatiel's point of view, this book presents detailed information on birds' bodies; how their special bones, air sacs, muscles, and feathers make flying possible; and how they can sleep without falling off branches.