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Birds of a Feather

Found in the poetry section of the library, this picture book style book teaches students about birds, while reading poetry.  As in a traditional, nonfiction style book, the book starts out with a table of contents listing all the poems found in the book. Followed by the table of contents, there is a foreword by an ornithologist. There are then 14 poems about birds. Each bird is showcased on facing pages with a wonderful photo (Jason Stemple-Jane Yolen’s son!) of the bird, a box with a poem (Jane Yolen) about the bird and a box with factual information about the bird. This is a such a neat book! The reader gets a beautiful photograph of the bird, a poem and information about the bird all on one page. There is so much teachers and librarians can do with this wonderful book!