Books about birds can be an engaging starter for bird watching or a booster for the already bird curious child. This post has been updated with book summaries. Summer is the season for raising young in the bird world. This summer there seems to be a corresponding focus on young humans, specifically young birders. Last […]
Bird Books for Young Birders Read Post »
Just in time for this month’s Great Backyard Bird Count, Downtown Bookworks provided me with two books perfect for a bird-inclined young child. (These titles would also be great to introduce a young child to birds and bird-watching.) I field tested both PBS Kids Look and Learn Birds by Sarah Parvis and Science with Stuff: Bird-acious […]
Two Experiential Bird Books for Children Read Post »
“Do you have a list of all of your books somewhere?”, asked reader @dianalempel on Instagram. Diana asked this question about the #shortstackofbooks feature I post almost weekly on Instagram. In February I published screenshots of #shortstackofbooks on the blog but I did not provide a list of books. I am glad Diana nudged me […]
List of Nature & Science Books for Children (and adults, too) Read Post »
On February 18, 2014, I shared the first short stack of books on the blog. The theme was urban animals and featured the following titles: Architecture According to Pigeons by Speck Lee Tailfeather; On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz; and The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild by Lyanda Lynn Haupt. […]
Short Stack of Books Read Post »
We are several days into February and Black History Month, and less than three weeks ago we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Although Peter Guttman’s Children Around the World: A Photographic Treasury of the Next Generation does not deal with African American history, it is a worthwhile book to share with a child […]
Children Around the World by Peter Guttman Read Post »
One of my favorite blogs is This Picture Book Life written by Danielle Davis. As you can guess from the blog’s title, Danielle writes about picture books. She often includes a craft or recipe with each book review. Recently, Danielle created a picture book advent calendar with a printable template. The calendar in this case is […]
Nature Advent Calendar: Read 24 Picture Books about Nature Read Post »