Age
8-12
Grade
3-7
Annette LeBlanc Cate
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Hardcover
(Candlewick March 12, 2013)
, Illustrated Edition
A 2014 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
You don’t have to own binoculars and know a bunch of fancy Latin names to watch birds! No matter where you live, they’re in your neighborhood — just look up.
This conversational, humorous introduction to bird-watching encourages kids to get outdoors with a sketchbook and really look around. Quirky full-color illustrations portray dozens of birds chatting about their distinctive characteristics, including color, shape, plumage, and beak and foot types, while tongue-in-cheek cartoons feature banter between birds, characters, and the reader (“Here I am, the noble spruce grouse. In a spruce grove. Eatin’ some spruce. Yep.”). Interactive and enjoyable tips bring an age-old hobby to new life for the next generation of bird-watchers.
Back matter includes a bibliography, an index, and bird-watching tips.
- Series
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Books
- ISBN
- 0763645613 / 9780763645618
- Pages
- 64
- Weight
- 12.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.4 x 0.5
in.