Red and Lulu make their nest in a particularly beautiful evergreen tree. It shades them in the hot months and keeps them cozy in the cold months, and once a year the people who live nearby string lights on their tree and sing a special song: O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree. But one day, something unthinkable happens, and Red and Lulu are separated. It will take a miracle for them to find each other again. Luckily, it's just the season for miracles....

A little yellow bird teaches Rocket the dog how to read by first introducing him to the "wondrous, mighty, gorgeous alphabet."

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

Simple text and illustrations introduce learning readers to a wide range of birds from around the world and their unique features--from a high flying California condor to penguins in the Antarctic. Includes a glossary.

"Sophie Mouse gets a surprise visitor when a little bird lands in her yard and hurts his wing"--

Explains what robins are and describes their physical characteristics, habitats, migration habits, and colorful eggs. Includes a picture glossary and additional resources.

John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves.

Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws writes, "To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you

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Informative text clearly answers questions about the behavior and life cycle of birds.

Describes macaws, the most colorful birds of the parrot family, including where they live, their bodies, what they do, and dangers to macaws.

An English folktale adaptation set in the U.S., in which Magpie patiently explains to the other birds how to build a nest but is not heeded by some impatient ones, who fly off without listening to the directions. Includes extension activities.