The Children's Book of Birds

by Olive Thorne Miller

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

468 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Olive Thorne Miller is the pseudonym of Harriet Mann Miller. An avid bird-watcher, she contributed to various journals, among them the journal of the Audubon Society. She advocated for the protection of birds from the fashion industry.

Reviews

[Mousie]

A classic of bird literature

Although this book was written more than a hundred years ago, it has nothing to be ashamed of when compared to current bird books. Admittedly the taxonomy is sometimes out-of-date, but practically all the other information presented is still correct. It's just a shame that the free Kindle edition doesn't come with the beautiful illustrations - but it's worth paying for the illustrated copy.