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In what the New York Times Book Review calls a perfect book, a little girl watches birds from her window and dreams she can fly A board book edition of the critically acclaimed picture book from the award winning husband and wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek An ALA Notable Book.Birds will resonate with the youngest children, said School Library Journal With a fine eye for detail, a girl observes and describes birds their sizes, their colors, their shapes, the way they move and appear and disappear, and how they are most like her She imagines what it would be like if clouds looked like birds, or if she could ask the birds questions Though she can t fly, the girl can do one thing birds do she can sing Vibrant and lively paintings accompany a text pitched precisely to preschoolers in this husband and wife collaboration This board book edition offers a fresh perspective and a new point of view to very young children Booklist said, Together, the words and pictures create a book that will enchant preschool audiences again and again. Best Read Birds [ author ] Kevin Henkes [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This book is good, and a little creepy It is about birds.I didn t really know what to expect from this Would it be informative Whimsical What it actually turned out to be was imaginative and a bit disturbing Sometimes they are so black that you can t see their eyes or their feathers, just their shapes., the narrator informs us, showing us huge, dark silhouettes of featureless birds Once I saw seven birds on the telephone wire.They didn t moveand they didn t moveand they didn t move.I This book is good, and a little creepy It is ...Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek, who collaborated on the 1999 picture book Oh , team up once again for Birds, a lovely tribute to our avian friends Narrated by a young girl something revealed at the very end , the simple narrative highlights the diversity of bird life in the world, from owls to seagulls, songbirds to crows Their frenetic energy, dizzying flight patterns, and mysterious comings and goings, are also described.Less of a storybook, than a contemplative celebration, Birds pairs Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek, who collaborated on the 1999 picture book Oh , team up once again for Birds, a lovely tribute to our avian friends Narrated by a young girl something revealed at the very end , the simple narrative highlights the diversity of bird life in the world, from owls to seagulls, songbirds to crows Their frenetic energy, dizzying flight patterns, and mysterious comings and goings, are also described.Less of a storybook, than a contemplative celebration, Birds pairs Henkes text with Dronzek s gorgeous acrylic illustrations, and contrary to my expectations as a big Kevin Henkes fan, it was the artwork that really won me over Whether depicting colorful songbirds all perched on the same tree, curious crows on their own page sized color panels, or a winter ...This is a book designed for the very young, for the preschooler The cover didn t wow me, but the first illustration with the robin and the pink flowers and the yellow curtains hooked me, and I enjoyed quite a few of the illustrations, but not all of them some I didn t appreciate much at all However, though I was very disappointed when I noticed that Henkes did not do the illustrations for this book, it was the artwork that really made the book The text is scanty, and although fine for young This is a book designed for the very young, for the preschooler The cover didn t wow me, but the first illustration with the robin and the pin... Birds, by Kevin Henkes and illustrated by Laura Dronzek 2009 Picture Book, 32 pages Birds encourages pre readers to explore colors, shapes, sounds, and sizes of birds It also nudges younger ones to use their imaginations, whether it s to visualize the birds in the clouds or lines they would leave if their tail feathers left flight patterns Dronzek c...I just love this book The illustrations are simple and match the text, but it is the text that just really captures the wonder and mystery of birds I saw a review of this, and had to go out and get it right away It was well worth itThis book would be most appreciated by two and three year olds It has bright colorful illustrations to express various bird silhouettes, sizes and colors I liked how the text and illustrations allow the child to think creatively about birds by imagining clouds in the shapes of birds, or how colorful the sky would be if bird s tail feathers left streaks, like paint brushes, as they flew A book like this may cause your youngster to notice the birds they see in their little lives I think this This book would be most appreciated by two and three year olds It has bright colorful illustrations to express various bird silhouettes, sizes and colors I liked how the text and illustrations allow the child to think creatively about birds by imagining clouds in the shapes of birds, or how colorful the sky would be if bird s tail feathers left streaks, like paint brushes, as they flew A book like this may cause your y...Birds sing in the morningBirds can be yellow, blue, red, brown, or even green, I think Sometimes black.Birds can be BIG or little or any size in between.Ever see birds on a telephone wire and the didn t move They didn t move and they didn t move until you look away for a second and they were gone My favorite part of the story If birds made marks with their tail feathers when they flew, think what the sky would look like If there are lots of birds in one tree and they all fly away at the Birds sing in the morningB...The absolutely perfect book for a toddler who is interested in birds Beautiful, arresting words and pictures I bought it for a friend and loved it so much that I had to buy it for myself.Come along as the little girl in this story watches the birds as they fly past and dreams of joining them As she describes the different colors and types your little one will find themselves sharing her fascination of these special creatures that they will be familiar with from thei...Birds by Kevin Henkes is exactly as it sounds a wonderful book about the wonders of birds, which come in all sizes, shapes, and colors An informational nonfiction picturebook, Henkes exceeds in his delivery of the text, which includes the use of rhyming for an evenunique story Throughout the book, children will be inclined to question and wonder about each bird, choose their favorite, and categorize them in different ways all strengthening their overall understanding of birds.The Birds by Kevin Henkes is exactly as it sounds a wonderful book about the wonders of birds, which come in all sizes, shapes, and colors An informational nonfiction picturebook, Henkes exceeds in his delivery of the text, which includes the use of rhyming for an evenunique story Throughout the book, children will be inclined to question and wonder about each bird, choose their favorite, and categorize them in different ways all strengthening their overall understanding of birds.The illustrations in birds are beautifully done, created with pastels in an extremely wide array of colors and shades Henkes uses every color in the spectrum, and almost every shade imaginable, to compliment his realistic drawings of birds The illustrations are either full bleed, or placed against negative space for added emphasis where words are present The placement of the birds is ever changing, adding to a book that draws the readers eyes in and causes them to glide from one place, ...

Birds
  • English
  • 10 February 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 0061363049
  • Kevin Henkes
  • Birds