Thank you to Netgalley for a copy for an honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this and will be picking up a copy as soon it releases. 💕
It was well written and I really enjoyed my time reading it.

Rating 4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I recieved a free eARC of this book. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review it.

This is a cute filed guide of the birds you might see in a city setting, with well drawn illustrations. I suspect it will appeal to experienced birders more for the art than for the information, but I could see it appealing to new birders, and it would be a good one to share with kids before a park or botanic gardens field trip.

With thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publishers for allowing me to review City Birds

Although City Bird is supposed to be for the north American readers, It didn't stop me from enjoying the book.

The illustrious are beautiful with the Calliope humming bird being my favourite. I also loved the information that goes with each bird.

Perfect guide to those who want to start birdwatching or just wish to know more about american birds. I found it really interesting, a book to read in one sitting or to use anytime necessary. Super useful are the pages at the bottom where you can take notes of the birds you see in your surroundings.

As someone who absolutely loves birds (I have a budgie of my own) I thought this book was really cute. Unfortunately, many of us live in cities and populated areas and cannot enjoy naturistic things (like birding) that those who live in the country or less populated areas can enjoy easily. I have always wanted to get into bird watching, and this book helps you get into that. I thought the descriptions were very informative and cute, and I loved the clever headings/captions they gave all the birds. I also loved the map at the end that shows you exactly where you will most likely find the birds and loved how they added sections to track the birds you have seen. Overall this was a very cute and informative book.

I loved how informative and interactive this book is. The illustrations are beautiful, and it’s a great introduction to birding right where you are. And the little nicknames for the birds were such a fun touch!

Cute little book with brief introductions of various birds. The illustrations are very well done. I visually love the way the book is formatted, with a picture on one page and a framed summary on the other. To be honest, I was expecting something a bit more detailed and robust but it's very surface level information. However, I can absolutely see this as a fun coffee table book and wouldn't mind a physical copy just to flip through every now and then. The author also really genuinely cares based on the little tips she gives at the end, such as connecting with your city, embracing different cultural offerings and giving back to others. They were heartwarming to read, really shows how kind the birding community is!

This cozy book contains beautiful illustrations of North American city birds along with witty, accessible descriptions of each bird, its habitat, and behaviors. The illustrations are delightful and whimsical, even the two-page layout spreads. I think my favorite bird illustration was the magpie, but there's plenty to choose from.

As others have mentioned, the info provided for each bird is brief, but as someone who knows very little about birds, it provides enough background to still be educational. Still, this would likely be best for children, as a coffee table book, or for adults like me who aren't savvy about birds.

As far as improvements could go, I do wish the birds had been separated into areas rather than alphabetical, so I could try to identify birds more easily in my region or those I've travelled to. There's a map in the back that does show this, but for me I would have preferred sections. I would have also appreciated more of an explicit checklist section for all of the birds (instead of the small amount of write-in blocks), but I understand that it wasn't the intention of this book to be such a checklist.

On a final note, the afterword about the mother/daughter pair working on this while struggling with bone cancer was both heartwarming and sad, I hope things worked out </3

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this ARC.

Very well done! The consistent method of introducing all the different types of birds along with such beautiful pictures of every one was delightful! The addition of the pages to document your personal sightings was an excellent touch!

A wonderful little handbook to our feathered friends. Written in easy language to follow, with photographs to correctly identify birds in the wild.

Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC.

I wasn't really sure what to expect going in this as I only requested it because the bird looked cute. But I learned a lot about birds and the community of people who love them. :)

This is a very cute book, and the illustrations are great. I do wish they'd show the male and the female in each one and that the map was a little more specific, but I'm under the impression this is very much an introduction. This might be good for an older child or as a gift for someone moving to a city. I thought the note about the authors working on this while Mrs. Harrison battles bone cancer was quite sweet.

A lovely little book with birding activity worksheets and information about North American city birds.
The illustrations are cute and the book is informative.
I wish it were longer.

In an illustrated guide to anything, you can only hope that the art is good. I am happy to report that the art in this is beautiful and perfect for this guide. My partner is more of a bird watcher than I am, but I still loved sitting down and reading this. Each bird had a fun tagline, which was the best part and does help me remember more information. I found the page of facts for each bird to be both helpful in identifying birds you find in the streets and interesting for learning about what makes each bird different.

This is a perfect gift for anyone interested in birds and would make a great coffee table read for guests.

This is a cute book that portays a variety of the most common birds you might come across inside and at the borders of cities across the USA. Each bird has one page with a drawing of it and one page with some desciption of its features, history and where you might see them.

It is a cute book, perfect for those who do love birds and want to know a little bit about a good handfull of birds they might encounter.
Nothing for in depth knowledge or only certain areas of the USA though.

Lovely, whimsical illustrations and lots of bird facts, what a great, informative book. I enjoyed reading about the birds I see on a daily basis and ones that I would love to see.

Absolutely beautiful illustrations and interesting descriptions of North American birds (not as useful for birders outside of America but still stunning to look at!)

Handy checklist and map of areas where you can find birds listed in the book and the tips for how to get started will be helpful for anyone who wants to get into birdwatching and lives in a built-up area.

This was cute. The art and design of the book were nice and appealing to the eye. There are tips for bird watching in cities, along with names, pictures, and a 1 page description of each kind of bird you may see. I do wonder who the audience would be for this book, however. The information about each bird is so brief that I’m not sure many people who are interested in watching and learning about birds would find it useful.

As a lover of birds I had to download this book. Even as an Australian I found the information interesting and useful for some birding adventures. The illustrations in the book are beautiful, featuring birds from North America.
This will be a book I can refer back to and read for enjoyment over and over, it is such an adorable book which perfectly depicts the cheeky nature of birds.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Becker and Meyer for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Gorgeous little book with beautifully illustrated examples of birds found in North America. I really hope that a UK edition is published very soon!