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The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0618243437
  • 9780618243433
  • 1415560862
  • 9781415560860
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children (2005).
Summary: As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography AUDUBON, J. D256 Available 33111010933535
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This fascinating picture book biography from beloved author of the Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies and Caldecott honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet chronicles the life of scientist John James Audubon, who pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds thanks to his lifelong love for the species.



If there was one thing James loved to do more than anything else, it was to be in the great outdoors watching his beloved feathered friends.



In the fall of 1804, he was determined to find out if the birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home would really return the following spring. Through careful observation, James laid the foundation for all that we know about migration patterns today.



Capturing the early passion of this bird-obsessed young man as well as the meticulous study and scientific methods behind his research, this lively, gorgeously illustrated biography will leave young readers listening intently for the call of birds large and small near their own home.

Includes bibliographical references.

As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children (2005).

Accelerated Reader LG 4.4 .5.

Reading Counts 3-5 4.5 3 O.

Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5. Lib 100

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