Discover the World of Birds

What a delightful book to teach children all about birds! The book has all sorts of colorful pages with illustrations on a variety of topics about birds, like looking at migratory patterns, the different parts of a bird's body, birds through the seasons, and different bird habitats. Throughout the book, the author has sidebars about strange birds as well. The author has an easy and engaging writing style, and she explains new terms well so it doesn't feel like she's teaching, which kids don't appreciate in books. I even felt like I learned quite a bit about birds! The author includes information about endangered species of birds as well. In its later pages, the book encourages children to try bird watching or building a bird feeder. A nice glossary at the end sums up the words that the author has defined throughout. My only complaint is that I wish the illustrations were more detailed and lifelike. Some only seem to give the essence of a bird, not the beautiful details in all their glory. All in all, though, I found this book to be a great introduction to birds. If you have a child who likes birds or you are a birder yourself who would like your child to join you in your bird-watching hobby, this book could be of interest.

A sweet introduction to the magnificent world of birds. The illustrations are beautiful and can be used on their own as discussion points. Little ones can easily learn to become a bird watcher with this lovely text!

This is my first experience with the Nature All Around series, and I am seriously impressed. We need to add this entire collection to our family library!

Birds is a beautiful introduction for children and adults alike. The illustrations are gorgeous, the facts are "tidbit-sized" to keep little ones' attention, and the glossary and index in the back are a wonderful resource! Charlotte Mason homeschoolers will love this "living book".

If your child is interested in becoming an ametuer bird watcher this is a great primer on the basics of birds. It covers parts of a bird's body, bird habits, nests, laying eggs, and much more! Plus the watercolor illustrations are frame worthy they are so pretty.

This is such a beautiful book with its quite appealing and colorful illustrations.  There is so much that can be learned about birds in this short title.  There is everything from details about the appearance of birds in terms of their features, to their homes, to making a bird feeder. There are also chapters on birds in the different seasons.  Credit is given for the hard work that birds do including eating insects and pollinating flowers. There are also tips for bird watching. This book would make a welcome gift to a young nature lover in your life. 

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

For me the illustrations of the book are what make the book standout. This book will most likely be enjoyable for everyone, personally, as a biologist I surely did. It’s concise but you learn so many new things.

A smart, short introduction to birds for a young reader.
In reading it from the hindsight of maturity I found its appeal based on short chapters, limited technical information and a range of rich drawings illustrating differences in feathers, beaks and egg-laying.
Not that the book isn’t informative or educational it just doesn’t appear to be a classroom set book or a read for homework.
You learn a great deal within these pages simply because you do not feel you are been taught facts. It is more someone sharing their love and interest in birds.
I cannot fault it, other than its very simplicity and this perhaps could be addressed by websites to learn more, become more involved or follow-up one’s new interest.
There is an excellent glossary and comprehensive index but in these modern times I would have expected more pointers to building bird boxes and feeding birds and the range of organisations and agencies to follow, support or join.
So a book to promote interest that should delight based on the information shared and colourful depictions in birds. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy as a gift or recommend to parents as promoting an interest in nature and facilitating a hobby or scientific leaning towards birds. A diverse and captivating part of what makes a walk or a garden view so enjoyable.

Beautifully illustrated bird book for children. Pitched at just the right level with lots of information on different bird species, bird watching, habitats and lots more. It is a lovely book to browse through and will inspire any child to get out in nature and spot some feathered friends. Would make the perfect gift book.

Birds are a popular subject of late, with several books being released around this part of nature. This book has wonderful illustrations, fun facts, and important book parts like glossary and index that are age appropriate for the reader. When finding non-fiction titles, the glossary and index are selling points for early learners as it helps
them "solve" on their own, "What page is that one on?" or "What does that word mean?" which empowers their learning. These illustrations are delightful, colorful with many being up-close details. Tidbits of information are perfect for beginner or reluctant readers. Children will love sharing about how beaks or claws work. Budding birders will enjoy the couple pages talking about how to spot and log their sightings. The only thing that was challenging was the font choices. There were areas where the font changes and could lead to some struggles with the words in that font, page 6 as an example -BEAK, TAIL and FEET, as examples. Otherwise the size of the font is well chosen throughout the book. This will be a good choice to add to collections specifically ones looking to add more outdoor interests for younger readers.

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This was a very interesting bird book! It's so cute, great illustrations, and has a lot of good information in it.
It goes through talking all about all kinds of birds, showing different things about it like their beaks, feathers, eggs, and such. For a young reader who wants to know more about birds, or who just loves birds in general, this is a great read for them. It had some interesting information in it, like that birds are the specie that has feathers? Just something I hadn't really thought about before. 😄
So those who have young kids and want a book for them about birds - this would be great for them!

*Thank you to the publisher and author for providing me a copy of this book on NetGalley. I was not required to write and honest review and all opinions are my own.

A perfect book for your young bird enthusiast! Nature All Around: Birds is a great book to get any kid interested in birds. With tips for birdwatching, information on nests, and great descriptors of the physiology of birds, any nature interested kid would love this! Includes fun info on weird birds young readers will love. Great read aloud for four and up, independent reader eight and up.

Nature All Around: Birds by Pamela Hickman. I absolutely love birds. I love taking pictures of cardinals and blue jays. This book is great book to introduce your children to birds. Is a great picture book for children. I definitely will be looking for this book for my grandchildren. Introducing children to birds when they are young is so much fun. My parents introduced birds to me.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Enjoyed this new kid's non-fiction title all about birds. A great gift for new birders and for young kids just getting interested in bird watching,

The illustration style of this book is interesting. It looks like something a middle or high schooler could potentially do, which I really enjoy because it may introduce illustration as a career path for students. This book is too advanced for my young students, but I can see older students gaining a lot from it.

After reading a few other books by this author I decided to pick up this one about birds. It was absolutely lovely, just like their other books in the series. The illustrations were beautiful and it was very informative in an easy to understand way. I think children of all ages could appreciate this book.

A very cool introductory reference about birds for kids! Beautiful illustrations are featured throughout with interesting basic information about birds. This is a great place to start for young bird watchers/enthusiasts, but it is not a comprehensive reference. I would recommend this for elementary school aged children.

Thank you NetGalley and Kids Can Press for providing this ARC.

Nature All Around: Birds is a gorgeously illustrated resource depicting various species of birds. The accompanying text is informative and quite easy to understand for the younger audience. Furthermore, this is a great educational resource that comprises of gorgeous illustrations and plenty of interesting information such as bird characteristics, bird life cycles, amongst many more facts. Additionally, the information is presented in bite-sized amounts so it’s not overwhelming for the readers (which is a plus for children).

This is a great book for fans of birds, people interested in animals or bird-watching, or even a great introductory to birds. The art style is gorgeous and a huge plus. A highly-recommended read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderful and illuminating guide to birds. Perfect for kids and beginners. This was a beautifully illustrated guide and was clear and concise with the information. I really enjoyed it and found it to be a great look into not only understanding birds bit to learning about bird watching.

The second of this series I've experienced, having recommended the Plant one before now, is again a great book to have as an educational resource, as long as you live in North America. We see the different aspects of what makes a bird, how they live their life cycle, then how they live their annual go-around, before branching out into what we might think to look for when trying to identify them in the field, and take a look at some superlative examples. The painted artwork never gets in the way of verity – some books for this audience, as I'm sure you're aware, go for a style that just lessens the realism of the visuals, but not here. Once again, the only thing preventing me from urging a global readership to take the plunge is that it is concentrated on just two countries. (That and the way it tells us why migrating birds come back too far before telling us why they left in the first place.) But still – it has introduced me to grouse drumming, which is a wonderful thing to always be grateful to it for.

I love books like this! Beautiful illustrations and lots of information, presented in small chunks, making it so accessible. This book has a great balance of clear, detailed information and practical tips and ideas for bird spotters.