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 Birds Build Nests Reproduction:
Birds Build Nests



An Egg Is Quiet Reproduction:
An Egg is Quiet
 Animals in Flight Animals in Flight
by Steve Jenkins
and Robin Page




Beaks   Beaks! by
Sneed B. Collard III
 Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay  Best Beak in
Boonaroo Bay 
by Narelle Oliver



A Mother's Journey
A Mother's Journey
by Sandra Markle
illustrated by Alan Marks
Bluebird Summer   Bluebird Summer
by Deborah Hopkinson
and Bethanne Andersen



 The Crane Wife  The Crane Wife
retold by Odds Bodkin
illustrated by Gennady Spirin
 Flute's Journey Flute’s Journey: The life
of a Wood Thrush
by Lynne Cherry



 On Meadowview Street  On Meadowview Street
by Henry Cole
   The Palace of Beaks
retold by Susan Milord
illustrated by Linda Wingerster



 
 Rainbow Crow Rainbow Crow
retold by Nancy Van Laan
illustrated by Beatriz Vidal



Red Knot  Red Knot: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey
by Nancy Carol Willis
 She's Wearing Dead Bird On Her Head! She's Wearing a Dead
Bird on Her Head!
by Kathryn Lasky



 Swallows in the Birdhouse
 Today at the Bluebird Cafe   Today at the Bluebird Cafe by Deborah Ruddell
illustrated by Joan Rankin




 		  
 what makes a bird a bird?



 when agnes caws
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