BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Mr. Flynn is old and bored. Across the street, Ollie McPhee is young and bored. Mr. Flynn sees a snowy owl outside his window and runs outside with birding equipment to search for it. Ollie’s mother sends him out at the same time and they crash into each other. Ollie is interested in Mr. Flynn’s binoculars and follows him into the woods to look for the snowy owl. Mr. Flynn climbs a tree, falls, and ends up stuck on a branch. Ollie saves Mr. Flynn in more ways than one.
The Birders is very humorous and engages the reader in the first few pages. I was constantly interested in what was going to happen next. The illustrations are fun, interesting, well done, and comical. This book is a great way to create in children a desire to observe nature.
PG Powers
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