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"

The Flightless Birds of New Hope
The Impossible Thing
Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
The Place of Tides
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Tilda Is Visible
The Wedding Forecast
The Axeman's Carnival
The Flightless Birds of New Hope
Crow Talk
The Glass House (Menzies Mental Health #1)
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Dinosaurs
Don't Touch that Flower
Flatlands
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
Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds Are Doing, and Why
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
The Sibley Guide to Birds
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Hyena by Mikita BrottmanCrow by Boria SaxTurtle by Louise M. PrykeScorpion by Louise M. PrykeWhale by Joe   Roman
Reaktion Animal Books
104 books — 13 voters
The Ugly Duckling by Jerry PinkneyWild 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 — 42 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingOwl Moon by Jane YolenOwl at Home by Arnold LobelWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Best Books about Owls
41 books — 16 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
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
287 books — 64 voters


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