About this item
"Chickadee wears a wee black cap.Jay is loud and bold.Nuthatch perches upside-down.Finch is clothed in gold."Young readers are fascinated with birds in their world. Every Day Birds helps children identify and learn about common birds. After reading Every Day Birds, families can look out their windows with curiosity--recognizing birds and nests and celebrating the beauty of these creatures!Every Day Birds focuses on twenty North American birds, with a poem and descriptions written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and beautiful paper-cuttings by first-time picture book illustrator Dylan Metrano. Interesting facts about each bird are featured in the back of the book.
About the Author
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is author of children's books including FOREST HAS A SONG (Clarion) , EVERY DAY BIRDS (Scholastic) , READ! READ! READ! (WordSong) , DREAMING OF YOU (Boyds Mills Press) , WITH MY HANDS: POEMS ABOUT MAKING THINGS (Clarion) , WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! (Wordsong) , THAT MISSING FEELING (Magination) and the forthcoming IF THIS BIRD HAD POCKETS: A POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY CELEBRATION (Wordsong, March 2022) . She is also author of POEMS ARE TEACHERS: HOW STUDYING POETRY STRENGTHENS WRITING IN ALL GENRES (Heinemann) and co-author, with Lucy Calkins and Stephanie Parsons, of POETRY: BIG THOUGHTS IN SMALL PACKAGES (Heinemann) . A former upper grade teacher, Amy received her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, has taught writing for over twenty years, and blogs at The Poem Farm and Sharing Our Notebooks. Amy lives in Holland, NY with her family, pets, and books. Find her at www.amyludwigvanderwater.com (website) , www.poemfarm.amylv.com (blog) , www.sharingournotebooks.com (blog) , and on Twitter and Instagram at @amylvpoemfarm.
