The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Melissa SweetJohn James Audubon was a boy who loved the out of doors more than the in. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring. This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds. Capturing the early passion of America's

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This edition features an updated author's note plus resources for young people who want to take action in ways big and small to protect rainforests

including blue jays

the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood need something a little more substantial

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making it a must-have for every child's library

Chris Van Allsburg is a former instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design

and the recipient of many awards

handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into

She teaches literary translation at Columbia University and lives in New York

"At once romantic and scientific