Birds: Birds

by National Audubon Society, Scott Weidensaul, Annette Tison, et al.

Book Overview

This book is part of a series of guides designed for adolescents interested in natural history and nature. The books are an excellent introduction to the Rocks and Minerals, Birds, Wildflowers, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590054821
• ISBN13: 9780590054829
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic Reference
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great book for distractable children, just enough information, great pictues, sized nicely for a you

good book for my 4-H kids, one of the pages was torn out so I am purchasing another copy, the book will be a very useful tool to help our 4-H Club's children learn about their wonderful Michigan's wildlife. It will be easy for their parents to use as well. Bright, meaningful photographs filled with "picture read information" short interesting text that is suited for distractable active children. The book is filled with bites of digestible information about birds and their habitats.

Good content, condition not really "acceptable"

I usually get books that are at least in the "Good" category, not sure why I picked an "Acceptable" book here. Unfortunately there was significant coloring throughout the book - considering I wanted to use this for bird identification it is not very useful as I can't see past most of the hard pen markings scratched throughout the pages.

National Audubon Society First Field Guide Birds

I bought this for my preschool grandchildren that I care for part time. I had picked up the shell book at a garage sale & they loved it. So I went online to try & find others. This book is something that I can enjoy with them together.

Love it!

I love this little book. It is so simple compared to the more extensive versions we have (where you can't find what you're looking for because of the sheer number of birds in the book). Some of the pics in this book are even better than our other bird field guides that cost way more money. It is simple yet provides several alternate photos to give enough info on similar species. I am very pleased with it and look forward to using with the kids for many years to come. Great price, too!

An excellent guide despite areas for improvement.

This is, as the professional reviews profess, indeed a much more appropriate book for younger readers than the more encyclopedic, primarily textual guides on the market. The majority of hte book is devoted to a field guide of 50 different common North American birds organized by general shape and habitat (wading birds, ground birds, hawks & eagles, etc.). Each bird is shown in a large color photograph with two or three other similar species given smaller thumbnail photos and descriptions (adding another 125 birds). Although the guide does a good job of providing useful annotations by way or a map showing range and habitat by season, an identification capsul providing details useful in identifying the bird, and a bit about its behavior and diet, it misses two obvious points of interest, particularly to younger readers: a picture of a nest with eggs and a photo or graphic of a feather. Explorers coming across a nest or feathers and wondering what bird made it will find the guide of minimal assistance. Generally, a book well worth it. Hopefully, the next edition will be even better.