Birds and the Urban Jungle

By Vasudha Malik

Victor, the peacock, and Mabel, the peahen, live on a dry patch of land, which is surrounded by a cluster of houses and filled with a distant drone of traffic. They are sad because there are no forests left. Moreover, the summer is too hot and the lake has dried.

Carolina, the cuckoo, sings a tearful song about how the birds lost the forest to the city, whereas other birds suggest leaving the city in search of green spaces. They get a surprise when, one fine afternoon, Saelig, the kingfisher, swoops down from a building and brings along a piece of news, whirring with excitement. Then, for the first time since the start of summer, it begins to rain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNR9KVJY
• ISBN13: 9798898798192
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Notion Press
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary