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Are You My Mother?
by Philip D. Eastman
When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.
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Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
by Mo Willems
It’s getting dark out, but one stubborn Pigeon is NOT going to bed! Toddlers and parents will love this interactive bedtime romp, which puts readers back in the driver’s seat, following all of Pigeon’s sly trickery as he tries to outsmart the inevitable bedtime.
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Maximum Ride: Book 1
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
In James Patterson's blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and the other 5 members of the "Flock" -- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel -- are just like ordinary kids -- only they have wings and can fly. They have been grafted with avian DNA (bird DNA), and their bones are thin and light, and have extra muscles. Their... (more)
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The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
by Mo Willems
When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing in his beak. But . . . then a very sly and hungry duckling enters the scene and wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird? In this hilarious follow-up to the acclaimed Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Mo Willems has created another avian adventure that encourages children to share even their most prized processed foods.
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White Bird (Stepping Stone, paper)
by Clyde Robert Bulla
Set in 19th-century rural Virginia, this moving novel follows a backwoods boy as he runs away from home and his harsh guardian in search of a precious pet: a white crow. After many adventures, he returns home to take his first steps into adulthood. Originally published in 1967, this story has been newly revised by the author.
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Darkness Chosen: Book 2
Touch of Darkness
by Christina Dodd
Handsome, powerful Rurik Wilder battles darkness--the darkness without and the darkness within. He possesses the power to transform himself into a fierce bird of prey, and that gift has caused death and destruction. At last he is offered the chance to redeem himself and break the evil pact that has held his family in thrall for centuries. Only one woman stands in his way--Tasya Hunnicutt, a writer determined to... (more)
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The Birds Our Teachers: Biblical Lessons from a Lifelong Bird Watcher
by John R. W. Stott
John Stott traces his lifelong love of bird-watching back to boyhood country walks with his father, who told him to shut his mouth and open his eyes and ears. Because of those lessons in observation, Stott now carries his binoculars and camera with him everywhere he travels. Of the 9,000 different bird species in the world, Stott estimates he has seen about 2,500! In this unique and intriguing book he takes... (more)
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The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible
The A-to-Z Guide To Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects, and Treats
by Sally Roth
Become the best bird host in your neighborhood. Let The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible be your guide to the foods and feeders, plants and projects that will guarantee you a yard that's absolutely brimming with birds!
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in... (more)
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves...people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.
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What's That Bird?: Getting to Know the Birds Around You, Coast to Coast
by Joseph Choiniere
Nearly one in five Americans is a birder. Many more would like to learn how to identify the common birds seen in their backyards. But the traditional field guides, packed with lots of detail and technical jargon, appear inaccessible to the uninitiated. What is a beginning birder to do? What’s That Bird? offers a unique combination of ID guidance along with general information basic to becoming a birdwatcher,... (more)
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Eyewitness Books: Book 1
Bird
by David Burnie, Penelope Arlon
Unrivaled in scope for a single-volume reference work, this visual guide to every bird order and family profiles more than 1,500 species, photographed in their native environment by photographers around the globe. Authoritative, comprehensive, and completely up to date, this is a must-have reference for anyone with even a passing interest in the world's birds. AUTHOR BIO: David Burnie studied zoology at the... (more)
The Scarlet Ibis (Classic Short Stories)James Hurst
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The Scarlet Ibis (Classic Short Stories)
by James Hurst
Ashamed of his younger brother's physical handicaps, an older brother teaches him how to walk and pushes him to attempt more strenuous activities.
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Dr. Franklin's Island
by Ann Halam
Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together on a deserted tropical island. Or so they think. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie stumble into the hands of Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist who’s... (more)
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Maximum Ride: Book 5
Max
by James Patterson
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE WATER WAS SAFE...Someone—or something—is decimating ships and sea life off Hawaii's coast, and Max and her flock find themselves sucked into the Navy's top-secret investigation of the catastrophe. Their objective: Rescue Max's activist mom from a wicked subterranean enemy. The hitch: They must dive deep into dark waters, where gruesome evil dwells...and for high-flying Maximum... (more)
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Sylvie
by Jennifer Gordon Sattler
Meet a flamingo of a different stripe! “Mama, why are we pink?” asks an irrepressible and ever-curious young flamingo named Sylvie. When she learns that it’s due to the little pink brine shrimp they eat, Sylvie takes the maxim “You are what you eat!” to a whole new level. Her new diet leads to some very interesting new looks—from scarlet to stripey to positively purple! Like Leo Lionni’s chameleon in A Color of... (more)
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Miles Davis
by Ian Carr
The acclaimed classic biography, fully revised, becomes the definitive. The revised edition of Ian Carr's classic biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements, 1954-1960, during which he created a whole series of... (more)
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Baby Einstein birds
by Julie Aigner-Clark
Introducing your baby to birds, cats, dogs, and babies through fine art, illsutration and photographs. These books are a rare opportunity to expose little ones to a range of images on a single subject, from simple child's drawings and abstract art to playful photos. A brief text accompanies each image, introducing baby to some basic -- and sometimes playful -- information on the subjects.
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The Bird Detective
by Bridget Joan Stutchbury
"A must-read for anyone whose heart has thrilled to the song of bird." --Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers "A treasure-house of insights into the lives of birds and the glorious evolutionary energy that powers their displays and courtship--and their not infrequent infidelities." --Graeme Gibson, author of The Bedside Book of Birds "With her trademark clarity and humor, Bridget Stutchbury--'bird... (more)
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Sundays at Grandmother's House
by Jacqueline Rankine-Van Wassenhoven
Every little girl likes to visit their Grandma and Jennifer does too. She likes to listen to her Grandma's stories,eat cookies and play dress up.

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