Transnational: Non-fiction & Universal Bird Themes
The gorgeous illustrations and fascinating true stories of birds from around the world as well as inspiring biographies of bird-lovers will engage young readers and expose them to a wide range of experiences.
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird
By Stephanie Spinner
Illustrated by Meilo So
2012
All Kinds of Nests!
By Eun-gyu Choi
Illustrated by Ji-yeon Kim
2012
As the Crow Flies
By Sheila Keenan
Illustrated by Kevin Duggan
2012
Baba Didi and the Godwits Fly
By Nicola Muir
Illustrated by Annie Hayward
2013
Bird Songs
By Betsy Franco
Illustrated by Steve Jenkins
2007
Bird Talk: What Birds are Saying and Why
By Lita Judge
2012
Feathers: Not Just for Flying
By Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen
2014
For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
By Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by Laura Jacques
2011
Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
By Rita Gray
Illustrated by Kenard Pak
2014
Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream
By Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
2003
Mama Built a Little Nest
By Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by Steve Jenkins
2014
Parrots over Puerto Rico
By Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth
2013
Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest
By Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by Neil Waldman
1996
Shinsekai e (To the New World)
By Hiroshi Abe
2012
Spots: One Bird’s Search for the Perfect Plumage
By Helen Ward
201
Surprise
By Mies Van Hout
2013
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
By Laurel Snyder
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
2015
Tag-Araw ng mga Ibong Hilaga (Summer of the North Birds)
By Eugene Y. Evasco
Illustrated by Jomike T.Tejido
2011
Ten Birds
By Cybele Young
2011
The Bird King: An Artist’s Notebook
By Shaun Tan
2013
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audobon
By Jacqueline Davies
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
2004
The Iridescence of Birds
By Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrated by Hadley Hooper
2014
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
By Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Aliona Bereghici
2015
The Tin Forest
By Helen Ward
Illustrated by Wayne Anderson
2003
Yokoso Mori e (Welcome to the Forest)
By Yasunari Murakami
2001