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1 Bring on the Birds jacket 2 proof:layout 1 8/27/10 10:52 AM Page 1 Children s nonfiction / Nature ISBN STOCKDALE Susan Stockdale has written and illustrated a number of children s animal BaBieS on the Bring n the Birds picture books, including Carry Me! Move and FaBulouS FiSheS. her books celebrate nature with grace and cleverness, and have won awards from Parents Also by SUSAN STOCKDALE Choice, the national Science teachers FABULOUS FISHES association, and Bank Street College If the paintings are the feast, Stockdale's words are the dessert. And she selects them carefully. The Washington Post of education. to research Bring on the BirdS, she traveled to the An excellent teaching tool and an appealing introduction to the wide world of fish. Kirkus Reviews galapagos islands where she saw Blue-footed Boobies perform their CARRY ME! ANIMAL BABIES ON THE MOVE lively mating dance and the great Sure to become a calm and soothing bedtime favorite. Kirkus Reviews Frigatebird puff out its crimson chest. g n n i r d B s e th schools and conferences. W ri n tt e a nd I s u ll t ra d e t Wr i t t e n a n d I l l u s t r a t e d b y Susan Stockdale Printed and manufactured in Singapore well. Can you imagine Hiding birds? Maryland, and speaks frequently at $15.95 of them can do amazing things as Hanging birds,...a good choice to introduce science to the very young. Booklist ISBN 13: ISBN 10: shapes, sizes, and colors and many Diving birds, Stockdale lives with her husband in Birds come in all sorts of interesting Dancing birds, Br i JUSTIN MANN $15.95 by s u S an c o t S k e dal They re all real! In her latest book, noted authorillustrator Susan Stockdale introduces young readers to both exotic and familiar birds in simple rhyming text. The bright, bold colors and crisp, clean lines of Stockdale s birds, depicted in their natural habitats, can t help but grab your attention. An afterword identifies each animal and tells a little bit about it and where it lives.

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3 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page d Bring n the Birds Written and Illustrated by Susan Stockdale

4 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 2 Special thanks to Dr. Carla Dove of the Smithsonian s National Museum of Natural History for her cheerful support and research assistance. Thanks also to Dr. John Rappole of the Smithsonian s National Zoo and Anne Hobbs of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for their helpfulness. Published by PEACHTREE PUBLISHERS 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue Atlanta, Georgia Text and illustrations 2011 by Susan Stockdale All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Art direction by Loraine M. Joyner Typesetting by Melanie McMahon Ives The illustrations were created in acrylic on paper. Bird featured on the cover: Keel-billed Toucan (Southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela) Bird featured on the front and back endpapers: Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Western United States, Mexico, and Central America) Printed in December 2010 by Imago in Singapore First Edition Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stockdale, Susan. Bring on the birds / written and illustrated by Susan Stockdale. -- 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN Birds--Juvenile literature. I. Title. QL676.2.S dc Swooping birds,

5 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 4 whooping birds, birds with puffy chests.

6 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 6 Dancing birds, diving birds,

7 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 8 birds with fluffy crests.

8 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 10 Hanging birds, hiding birds,

9 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 12 birds with jagged bills.

10 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 14 Hummingbirds, drumming birds,

11 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 16 birds with bills that drill.

12 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 18 Skimming birds, swimming birds,

13 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 20 birds with tails held high.

14 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 22 Racing birds, riding birds,

15 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 24 birds that never fly.

16 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 26 Dull or dazzling colors, long or little legs.

17 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 28 All of them have feathers, and all are hatched from eggs.

18 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 30 A nocturnal bird of prey, the Great Horned Owl silently swoops down to grab mice and other small animals with its powerful talons. (North, Central, and South America) The male Victoria Crowned Pigeon raises the large crest of feathers on its head and bows to impress a female. (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) The male Ruffed Grouse stands on a log and makes a drumming sound by rotating his wings forwards and backwards. The loud sound carries through the forest to help attract a mate. (North America) Perched on large, grazing mammals, the Red-billed Oxpecker eats ticks, flies, and other insects that it finds on their skin. The birds hiss when startled, alerting their hosts to possible danger. (Africa) The Whooping Crane, the tallest bird in North America, makes a loud trumpeting call that sounds like a whoop during its elaborate mating dance. (North America) To attract a mate, the male Blue Bird-of-Paradise hangs upside down from a branch and spreads his plumes into a shimmering fan. (Papua New Guinea) The Red-bellied Woodpecker uses its sturdy beak to drill holes into trees and branches in search of insects. (North America) The Ostrich, the world s tallest and heaviest bird, cannot fly. It relies on its long, sturdy legs, each with two strong toes, to run from predators. (Africa) The male Great Frigatebird has a red-colored throat pouch. When courting, he inflates it like a big balloon. (Pacific, Indian, and Western Atlantic Oceans) The male Blue-footed Booby lifts his bright blue feet up and down in a show of footwork to attract a female partner. She joins the dance, following the same movements. (Galapagos Islands) The Atlantic Puffin is a powerful diver. Propelled by its strong wings and using its feet as rudders, it can reach depths of 200 feet below the surface of the water to hunt for fish. (North Atlantic Ocean) The White-tailed Ptarmigan (pronounced tar-mih-gan) has coloring that changes with the season. This helps it stay camouflaged and protected from predators. (North America) The Keel-billed Toucan has a long bill with jagged edges. It works like a knife to slice chunks of fruit. (Southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela) With its long, thin bill, the Broadtailed Hummingbird can reach deep inside flowers to lick up nectar with its tongue. Hummingbirds beat their wings up to 38 times per second! (Western United States, Mexico, and Central America) The Black Skimmer flies over shallow water with its lower bill immersed, ready to snap up small fish and other prey. (North and South America, Caribbean, and Pacific Coasts) The Adelie Penguin uses its flippers as paddles and steers with its legs to swim through the sea, leaping up out of the water every few seconds to breathe. (Antarctica) The male Indian Peafowl, commonly known as a peacock, displays his dazzling feathers to attract a peahen. (India) The Greater Roadrunner is a poor flyer but runs faster than any other bird native to North America. It has long, powerful legs to chase after lizards, rodents, and snakes. (United States and Mexico) The male Indigo Bunting has brightly colored feathers to attract a female. In contrast, the female bird is drab and plainly colored so she does not stand out while she is on her nest protecting her chicks. (North America) The Great Blue Heron has long legs so it can wade into deep water to find food. The Mottled Duck has short legs, since it floats in shallow water and forages for food on or just beneath the surface. (North America) The mother American Robin builds a nest and lays three to four blue eggs in it. She sits on the eggs for two weeks to keep them safe and warm. Then the eggs hatch and out come the robin nestlings. (North America)

19 Bring on the Birds interior proof:layout 1 8/27/10 2:44 PM Page 32 These are just a few of the many books I found helpful in developing the text and illustrations for BRING ON THE BIRDS: A VISUAL INTRODUCTION TO PENGUINS by Bernard Stonehouse (Cherrytree Books) BABy BIRDS AND HOW THEy GROW by Jane R. McCauley (National Geographic Society) BIRD LIFE by Stephen W. Kress, PhD (Golden Guides From St. Martin s Press) BIRDS (FOCUS ON ) by Anita Ganeri (Franklin Watts) BIRDS: NATURE S MAGNIFICENT FLyING MACHINES by Caroline Arnold (Charlesbridge) CLASSIFyING BIRDS by Andrew Solway (Heinemann Library) CRADLES IN THE TREES: THE STORy OF BIRD NESTS by Patricia Brennan Demuth (Macmillan) FEATHERS by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Dutton) ROBINS by Sharon Sharth (Child s World) THE BIRD ATLAS by Barbara Taylor (Dorling Kindersley) TOUCANS by Sam Dollar (Steck-Vaughn) WATCHING WATER BIRDS by Jim Arnosky (National Geographic Children s Books) WHAT IS A BIRD? by Robert Snedden (Sierra Club Books For Children)

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