Author(s): Susan Stockdale

Picture Books

Birds come in all shapes, sizes and colours and many of them can do remarkable things. Some have dull or dazzling colours, long or little legs. But all of them have feathers, and all are hatched from eggs. Can you imagine dancing birds, diving birds, hanging birds and hiding birds. Birds that swoop, whoop, hum, drum, and drill. They're all here. From the Great horned owl and the Atlantic puffin to the Keel billed toucan and the Red bellied woodpecker. In her latest book noted author and illustrator of Fabulous Fishes, Susan Stockdale, introduces young readers to both exotic and familiar birds in simple rhyming text. The bright bold colours and crisp clear lines of Stockdale's birds in their natural habitats can't help but grab your attention. Children will be fascinated by the breadth of bird life depicted. An afterword offers fascinating facts and a closer look at each bird and where it lives.