Books with author Grace Elora

Orioles are beloved backyard birds; theyre always looking for something sweet to eat. In this attractive volume, future birders will learn about the many kinds of orioles and even take a trip to a Baltimore Orioles baseball game. Like bird-watching itself, this book mixes funan entertaining story-like narrativewith essential science concepts, such as habitats and life cycles. Sidebars include funny comments, interesting statistics, and amazing facts about these feathered creatures. Readers will be inspired to keep their own bird-watching journal.

The fat bundle of feathers called the house wren is a cute bird. It often cheerfully trills its sweet songs. However, this little fowls mood can turn really foul when another bird has a nesting site it wants! It may peck at larger birds to get them to moveand even push eggs out of a nest. Readers of this absorbing book will find that, with all kinds of wrens, looks can be deceiving. Theyll love the diverting narrative and fun fact boxes and especially the up-close look at wrens in their native habitats.

Woodpeckers are usually easier to hear than they are to spot. Their pointed beak hammers into tree bark at a speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour! Theyre looking for some tasty bugs to eat in the inner layers of a tree. Theres so much more to a woodpeckers interesting life, and readers will find all they need to know in this instructive and entertaining book, a bird-watchers journal of woodpecker info. Cool facts and amazing photographs are the stars of this must-read.