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    A Place for Birds
    Ebook31 pages8 minutes

    A Place for Birds

    By Melissa Stewart and Higgins Bond

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    Why are birds in danger, and how can we help?

    A perfect nonfiction book for budding birders and nature lovers from the award-winning A Place for… series by celebrated science writer Melissa Stewart. A teacher and classroom favorite!

    Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 ―NSTA/CBC
    CCBC Choices (The Natural World)
    Best Children’s Books of the Year ―Bank Street College of Education
    Green Earth Book Award (Honor Book, Picture Book)
    NSTA Recommends

    North America has almost three billion fewer birds now than it had fifty years ago. Can you believe it? Birds are in danger, and they are calling for our help. But humans are often the source of the harm! What can we do to help save them?

    In simple yet compelling language, Melissa Stewart showcases twelve North American birds, from the familiar eastern bluebird to the rare Kirtland’s warbler. Her clear narrative shows the threats these birds face, and informative sidebars describe a wide variety of efforts to save them. In addition, remarkable full-color illustrations vividly and accurately depict the birds within the ecosystems that support their survival. Range maps and additional bird facts are also included.

    This nonfiction picture book is part of a prize-winning series designed to inform young readers about a wide range of environmental issues and to present ways people can help protect animals and their natural habitats. An ideal choice for birders, scientists, environmentalists, and nature lovers.

    Also available:
    A Place for Bats
    A Place for Butterflies
    A Place for Fish
    A Place for Frogs
    A Place for Turtles

    Teacher’s Guide available.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeachtree Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2020
    ISBN9781682633007
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    A Place for Birds
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    Melissa Stewart

    Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than 100 nonfiction books for children. Her lifelong fascination with the natural world led her to earn a B.S. in biology and M.A. in science journalism. When Melissa isn't writing or speaking to children or educators, she's usually exploring the fields, forests, and wetlands near her home in Massachusetts.

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    • 4/5
      Children's science writer Melissa Stewart informs readers how human actions can affect bird populations. The book discusses many environmental issues. The best part of the book is that using various examples, the author illustrates the problems faced by different bird species and then gives a solution to those problems.The picture book portrays birds from different parts of North America. The first page shows the range of their habitat. Some of the examples used in the book are of well known birds like the spotted owl and the bald eagle, while others are not so popular like the piping plover. However every example is accompanied by an interesting story. For example, in the instance of the bald eagle, the author describes how chemicals like DDT have a detrimental effect on their population or how oil spills wiped out the population of the common muree from the coast of Alaska.Children will also learn why birds are important to plants and other animal species. Points on how we can help birds are also included. The illustrations used in the book are colorful and diverse. They give a glimpse of the environment in which these birds inhabit.The book can be used for young adults, to address environmental issues like oil spills and their hazards or effect of chemicals and deforestation on our environment. It can be used as a precursor to a research project in which students can be asked to research other animal/ plant species that are being effected by human actions. They can also be asked to propose solutions. it is an informative book on birds and to protect them.
    • 4/5
      This is a very well written book about the place that birds have in our world and the best way in which to protect them and their habitats. The recurring scaffold used in the text is highly effective and having read it to a few groups of children when it was nominated for the Keystone to Reading Book Award, I know that it was well received by every audience.