Bird Watch by Christie Matheson
Published by Greenwillow Books on February 26th 2019
ISBN: 0062393405
Pages: 48
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With all the multi-media available to our young readers, we often overlook the joy and experience of “communing with nature” first hand. Ms. Matheson  reminds readers of this by urging people to get outside and search meadows, fields, yards for those birds familiar to us and perhaps find new visitors. Her book has the reader identify common birds – chickadees, hummingbirds, and sparrows  through both counting them and finding them hidden on each page. The  text is minimal leaving room for  illustrations that  are soft and colorful,done in watercolor and collage. This selection is for that slightly older reader, as some of the birds are not easily found and counting them may go beyond the page in which they are introduced. What the story does do, is cultivate an interest in going outside and experiencing birds first hand in their surroundings. An author’s note about birding  has been included with facts about the ten birds she has chosen to highlight. Use with units on birds and habitats.

Grades K- 4

submitted by Kathy George, Gray Public Library, Gray