My friend at Momotimetoread just wrote about Robin Page's new book The Beak Book and while she was doing this I was planning a lesson for Kindergarten on Busy Beaks, a book on the Early Childhood shortlist for Book of the Year. I find it curious that one aspect of birds can provide so much interest from a reading and illustrating point of view. Two of my favourite picture books are The Best Beak of Boonaroo Bay by Narelle Oliver and King of the Birds by Helen Ward. In these two books the birds are having a competition and what they do with their beaks is considered.
Books about birds are abundant and it is often hard to know which ones to buy. In the library we also have these books with great illustrations
• Bring on the Birds and Bird Show by Susan Stockdale
• Parrots Over Porto Rico by Susan L. Roth
• Birds of a Feather: Bowerbirds and Me by Susan L. Roth
• Beaks! by Sneed B. Collard
• The Beaks of the Birds by Richard Konicek-Moran
and then I have noticed two new ones are just about to come
• A Peek at Beaks by Sara Levine
• Beaks by Curt Hart
So many wonderful books in your post about birds and some have amazing illustrations. I am especially keen to see the art in Beaks! illustrated by Robin Brickman. Love the synchronicity of our posts.
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