Flying Against the Odds
Loneliness, grief and death are all touched upon in the books in this section. With determination, the help of friends or family, and sometimes just a little bit of luck, the birds in these stories are able to overcome their situations.
A Feather
By Cao Wenxuan
Illustrated by Roger Mello
2015
Ang Mahiyaing Manok (The Shy Rooster)
By Rebecca T. Anonuevo
Illustrated by Ruben de Jesus
2000
Are You My Mother?
By P. D. Eastman
1960
Blackbird
By Suzy Lee
Illustrated by Suzy Lee
2007
Crow Boy
By Taro Yashima
Illustrated by Taro Yashima
1976
Duck, Death and the Tulip
By Wolf Erlbruch
2013
En Nho (Little Swallow)
By Le Phuong Lien
Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Mai Hoa
2013
Fox
By Margaret Wild
Illustrated by Ron Brooks
2000
Momoko and the Pretty Bird
By Chihiro Iwasaki
Illustrated by Chihiro Iwasaki
2012
Na Zhi Shen Lan Se De Niao Shi Wo Ba Ba (That Deep Blue Bird is My Daddy)
By Wei Ji
Illustrated by He Yunzhi
2011
Rudi’s Pond
By Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
1999
Sadako’s Cranes
By Judith Loske
2011
Six Crows
By Leo Lionni
Illustrated by Leo Lionni
2010
The Bear and the Wildcat
By Kazumi Yumoto
Illustrated by Komako Sakai
2011
The Birdman
By Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko & Stephan Daigle
2006
The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh
By Frederick Lipp
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
2001
The Little Humming Bird
By Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Illustrated by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
2010
The Nightingale Who Couldn’t Sing
By Angie Featherstone
Illustrated by Stephanie Wong
2012
The Rock and the Bird
By Chew Chia Shao Wei
Illustrated by Anngee Neo
2013
Xun Zhao (The Search)
By Lee Kow Fong
Illustrated by Lee Kow Fong
2015