If you have a bird fan in your family this is a book to hunt out in your local or school library. This book would also be good to share with your class as a model of writing succinct poems. It was published in 2014 with a paperback in 2017. I think this book might still be available to order. The short poems about a huge variety of birds are well worth sharing and reading aloud but it was the illustrations in this book that really captured my attention. I especially love the owl; cardinal (male and female); two puffins; and the Japanese crane.
Here is the poem about the Australian Pelican:
Bookseller blurb: Take to the sky to explore a glorious array of all things avian, from the tiny, restless hummingbird to the inscrutable horned owl to the majestic bald eagle. David Elliott and Becca Stadtlander bestow a sense of wonder onto such common birdfeeder visitors as the sparrow, the crow, and the cardinal and capture the exotic beauty of far-flung fowl like the Andean condor, the Australian pelican, and the Caribbean flamingo.
I had not heard of US illustrator Becca Stadtlander and when I hunted out her books online, none were familiar, but many look very appealing. The library I visit each week has a couple more of her titles so I will add them to my 'to borrow/read' list.
I previously talked about Baabwaa and Wooliam by David Elliott illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Here are some other books by David Elliott:
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