Birds

Birds (class Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterized by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton. Birds play prominent and diverse roles in folklore, religion, and art. Books about birds include fiction (particularly children's fiction) and non-fiction (such as guides for birdwatchers). ...more

New Releases Tagged "Birds"

It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Impossible Thing
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Place of Tides
It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
Tilda Is Visible
The Wedding Forecast
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
The Wild Robot on the Island
Life, Loss, and Puffins
Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird
Will the Pigeon Graduate? (Pigeon, #12)
Crow Talk
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
The Axeman's Carnival
The Genius of Birds
H is for Hawk
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Mind of the Raven
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, A Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Door in the Wall by Marguerite de AngeliThe Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne HarperOut in Blue by Sarah Purdy GilmanThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Characters with Bird Names
215 books — 22 voters
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenWild Swans by Jung ChangDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. WhiteSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Swans
304 books — 43 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Fox Busters by Dick King-SmithChicken Boy by Frances O'Roark DowellPlumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady WoodsonThe Case of the Wayward Fae ~ A Chronicle of Mister Marmee by H.L.  Stephens
Chicken Books
149 books — 34 voters
The Big Year by Mark ObmascikSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
For the Love of Birds
237 books — 71 voters

Gwen the Rescue Hen by Leslie  CrawfordChicken Frank, Dinosaur! by S.K. WengerBantam of the Opera by Mary Jane AuchChicken Butt! by Erica S. PerlChicken Lily by Lori Mortensen
Chicken Books for Kids
87 books — 34 voters


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Ron seems to be enjoying the celebrations.” said Hermione. “Don’t pretend you didn’t see him. He wasn’t exactly hiding it, was — ?” The door behind them burst open. To Harry’s horror, Ron came in, laughing, pulling Lavender by the hand. “Oh,” he said, drawing up short at the sight of Harry and Hermione. “Oops!” said Lavender, and she backed out of the room, giggling. There was a horrible, swelling, billowing silence. Hermione was staring at Ron, who refused to look at her. She walked very slowl ...more
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Pan, who and what art thou?" he cried huskily. "I'm youth, I'm joy," Peter answered at a venture, "I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. ...more
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