Where do birds live? / by Claudia McGehee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGehee, Claudia, 1963-

Series:

Bur Oak Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Juvenile literature.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (38 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Claudia McGehee brought the glory of the prairie to life in A Tallgrass Prairie Alphabet and explored the wonders of the woodlands in A Woodland Counting Book. Now this award-winning artist focuses on the birds of the United States, bringing children and their parents closer to the habitats and lives of birds from the Pacific coast to open rangeland to the cityscape of Manhattan.McGehee introduces us to fourteen representative habitats, giving each its own double-page spread that features a signature bird. She devotes one page of each spread to depicti

Contents:

Map of the United States; Forebird; Tallgrass Prairie, Bobolink; Other residents; Western Mountain Meadow, Mountain Bluebird; Other residents; Pacific Rainforest, Common Raven; Other residents; Pacific Coastline, Black Oystercatcher; Other residents; Southwestern Desert, Greater Roadrunner; Other residents; Rangeland, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher; Other residents; Gulf-barrier Islands, Brown Pelican; Other residents; Long-leaf Pine Forest, Red-cockaded Woodpecker; Other residents; Red-Mangrove Forest, Roseate Spoonbill; Other residents; Eastern Forest, American Redstart; Other residents

Northeastern City, MallardOther residents; Great Lakes, Herring Gull; Other residents; Northwoods, Scarlet Tanager; Other residents; Midwestern Backyard, Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Other residents; Afterbird; Map of the United States

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-58729-948-8

OCLC:

704272035