BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Ava gets to be part of the Christmas Bird Count! She's done this before and knows the rules - Count every bird you see or hear, don't count a bird twice and 2 or more people must see or hear the bird in order to count it. So, starting very early in the morning, Ava and her mom and Big Al check their assigned areas and tally the birds.
So well designed, each bird Ava sees is beautifully illustrated and the right number are on the page, so the child can count right along with her. Ava keeps a tally of the birds - and explains to the reader which bird it is - and the notebook list gets longer as more birds are counted. The reader learns about the birds as they are spotted, but for further information on the featured birds, there is an appendix and author's note at the end. A quiet bedtime story (don't scare the birds!) it would also be a great introduction to bird watching. I want to go outside and start counting them myself - and I won't go alone, buying this book with a set of binoculars for my grandkids.
Lisa Librarian
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