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Look Up!

Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

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"A chatty, appealing introduction. . . . Small and accessible, this is jam-packed with accurate information likely to increase any potential birder's enthusiasm and knowledge." — Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
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. Interactive and enjoyable tips bring an age-old hobby to new life for the next generation of bird-watchers, and eighteen new pages of activities, including drawing, mapmaking, and a scavenger hunt, make this paperback edition a must-have.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 28, 2013
      An array of talkative cartoon birds bring energy and humor to this small-format guide to bird-watching. With help from sidebars, charts, and some very opinionated birds, Cate explains how to identify various birds by color, shape, behavior, birdcall, and other characteristics. Meanwhile, bug-eyed birds banter with each other and boast about their traits in dialogue balloons ("Hee hee! You can't eat me—we're in a chart!" taunts a blue-gray gnatcatcher that's being eyed by a predatory merlin). Despite their goofy behavior and appearances, Cate's birds are realistic enough to give readers the tools to recognize them in the wild. Cate's informal hobbyist tone and all-around enthusiasm is infectious, as she emphasizes that bird-watching is as much about being aware of one's environment as it is about identifying specific birds. Ages 8 – up.

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