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2) Nesting
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Two robins build a nest together and raise their chicks, navigating a year of changing seasons and serpentine predators.--
7) Tanglebird
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Unable to build a tidy nest without making a mess, Tanglebird goes to the city and learns how to make wonderful tangles and knots.
8) Albert
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One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
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"In this picture book for young readers, we learn just why the mother nesting bird stays quiet and still while sitting on her eggs."--
Two children hear the calls of several birds, but not the robin who sits quietly in her nest waiting for her eggs to hatch. Includes an interview with a robin who explains why she stays quiet and still while on her eggs.
11) Crane & crane
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Illustrations and simple text show the parallels between a pair of sandhill cranes building a nest and a construction crane being used to build a cabin for a family.
12) The singing hat
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When Colin Jenkins falls asleep under a tree, a bird builds its nest on top of his head.
13) Too much stuff!
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Magpies Meg and Ash want their nest to be the best, and to have everything their chicks will need when they hatch, so they add everything from cuckoo clocks to mops and socks.
14) Fire! fire!
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When Nina's antique store burns down, nine-year old reporter Hilde and her sister/photographer, Izzy, are determined to investigate the cause for the Orange Street News--and their main clue is a bird's nest of baby Blue jays.
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"In the rhyming style of "The House That Jack Built," this poem about the care and specificity that Carolina wrens put into building a nest is at once tender and true to life. Papa and Mama Wren gather treasures of the forest, from soft moss for a lining to snakeskin for warding off predators. Randi Sonenshine's lilting stanzas, woven with accurate and unexpected details about Carolina wrens, and Anne Hunter's gentle, inviting illustrations reveal...