'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. , New Brunswick, NJĬopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Vandergrift, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers Univ. This is a book that naturalists, artists, and poets, young and old, will enjoy. From award-winning and NY Times bestselling children's and beloved birder, Jane Yolen, and award-winning illustrator, Bob Marstall, comes On Bird Hill the first in a series created for bird-lovers and dreamers alike On Bird Hill is first in a new Jane Yolen series developed for the Cornell Lab, the world's leading authority on bird's. The Great Blue Heron is smaller against the dark autumn colors, revealing the complete mirrored reflection of this bird 'Motionless, a painted hunter/upon a painted pond.' Scientific descriptions of the birds at the end of the book help to assure readers of the accuracy of their portrayal. National Geographic Kids, 24.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4263-3181-7 This tribute to birdscreated by Yolen and her three adult childrenfuses poetry, prose, and ornithology. The cardinal, 'a brilliant blot/on winter's page,' is indeed a bold red on the upper left of two stark, snowy pages. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. The birds are beautifully, vibrantly, and realistically portrayed in Lewin's watercolor paintings that perfectly match the words of the poems. Sometimes the images will cause readers to stop and then break into laughter, as when a woodpecker's ratatat is described as 'as cleansing as a dentist's probe/ in a mouthful of cavities.' There is a poignancy in 'Nestlings,' which states that, 'All babies/ are born/ ugly/ and unfinished./ But today/I found a nest with/ three/ baby/ robins/ and they were/ beautiful/ because they were mine.' Each double-page spread contains a single poem and corresponding picture.

second generation of children is now falling in love with Jane Yolens classic. Yolen's startling descriptions almost jump off the page, reminding readers of what they may have watched but never truly saw. Nature has been his passion from childhood, with bird watching being of. But this is not, in any way, a preachy book.

Grade 2 Up- Yolen and Lewin have combined verbal and visual images in an expression of reverence for and joy in our feathered friends.

Bird Watch by Jane Yolen