Birds category: 2059 books

In this short piece Thorpe discusses the Bobwhite, also known as the Virginia Quail-partridge. This piece describes the bird and its habits as well as highlighting mid nineteenth century thought on hunting and wildlife preservation. Thomas Bangs Thorpe 1815-1878 was an American antebellum humorist,...

The Adventures of Patty and Annabel: Apache Lake and the Chakras is part of a set of adventures about Patty the yellow Lab and Annabel the springer spaniel.The two dogs go camping and find a pair of mallard ducks.The ducks teach the dogs about their seven major chakras.This set of childrens books...

Also known as Fabulous Histories, this classic 1786 fable tells the tale of two families: one human, the other robin. Together they learn to reject vice, accept virtue, and live in harmony. Reflecting contemporary concerns about the industrial revolution and social change, Mrs. Trimmer’s story influenced children’s literature for over a century.

When Petey suffers a broken heart and starts losing his feathers, Mrs. Chairbottom decides to retrieve his one true love from the island of Mongo Tongo. Book Two of the Babysitter Out of Control! Series From the Critics: "Looking for Love on Mongo Tongo is a lighthearted,...

The New Hero is a tale of courage and mystery, as a young orphan named Will discovers who he truly is. After a mysterious accident in Hawaii, Will is kidnapped in one of the oddest manners, and then realizes that there is another world lurking in the human civilization. He tries to understand who...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books...

ALL pigeons, regardless of breed, have certain needs.  These include food, water, and shelter.  The type of shelter would depend on your local environmental conditions.  Someone who lives in Alaska or northern Canada is going to need a different loft (coop) arrangement than is someone...

Anastasia is confronted by her sarcastic teenage Godmother Katrina who insists that she go shopping for the big dance Friday night.   Anastasia shops only to find out that she cannot afford the conventional way of shopping. So she hatches a plan to solve her accessorizing woes....

Sir Duke and Betty were taken away in a cardboard box. And then Penny was whisked away in a cage, to a new loft maybe some twenty miles away. She liked her new owner, an older woman that always made sure she had enough to eat and to drink. But somehow she longed for her old perch at The Pineapple...

Sir Duke flew past the red brick firehouse and the emerald green golf course, past the train tracks and the old gas station. He looked down at all of the people below. Some of them looked up at him and waved. He saw a clump of trees ahead and aimed at them, landing in a cool, grassy field. It was...

Jaffy Gaffy not only plays basketball, he dreams about it.His season is placed on hold when he has an accident.He must develop his skills in the classroom and also help his family at home if his basketball dream will ever come true.Join Jaffy, his family, and his friends during his eighth grade year living in a rural area.

World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard must thwart a thief in this mystery that launches QUIX, a new line of fun-to-read short chapter books that are perfect for emerging readers. A runaway horse and a mysterious ranch in the Texas prairie have the intrepid Miss Millard on the trail of a plot...

I have owned parakeets (also called budgies or keets) since I was a tiny toddler. I have photos of my pregnant-with-me-mom's parakeet (named Gandalf), so she owned parakeets even before I was born. Sometimes I've had four parakeets, sometimes just one, but in one way or another parakeets manage to...

The graceful winged form of the swan has inspired works of art from fairy tales to ballets, and its profile is recognized immediately by even the most cursory of bird admirers. Now the newest addition to Reaktion’s acclaimed Animal series examines the fascinating story behind this elegant bird. The...