This is a great picture book that tells the sounds that different birds make ending with the mockingbird which imitates all the other birds. Plus the sounds are counted down from 10 to 1 so it reviews the numbers too. The illustrations look like pieces of paper cut into shapes and glued together, it looks very beautiful.

Quote:
A short rain shower. Dressed in shiny green suits, mallards in the creek
discuss the weather. "The Gull was right," they say, quacking 5 times in
agreement.

maybe a wee bit too long for a read aloud (could have cut some words as I read), but the book has many wonderful elements to make it quite interactive with the kids in my PreK story time. Plus, Steve Jenkins did the art and I love his work. Plus I combo-ed it with this really cute action rhyme and we had a blast.

I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop (hop three times)
I told the little bird to stop, stop, stop (hold out hand for stop)
I went to the window to say “How do you do?” (handshake)
He wagged his little tail and far away he flew! (shake tail and fly away)
--Story Time Katie

This would be good for a lesson on different types of birds and their distinctive characteristics. This could also be expanded to a lesson on classification.

Would be great to share in a storytime, or just a few pages to introduce various birds.

Themes: birds, song, nature
Ages: toddler-all ages
Pub year: 2007

This book does an excellent job of showing students how to use their writing voice in order to display sound effects. All of the bird's noises are written in large words in order to display how loud they actually are. This book could be used in a writing workshop that focuses upon how writers can use voice in their writing to display different types of noises or words that need to be read loudly while reading.

This book could be used as an introductory tool to teach more about birds because it introduces many different types. This could be used at the beginning of a bird unit in order to get students excited about learning about different types of birds. I would use this more often with students that are in the younger grades because it is an easier book to understand, and it would be an excellent tool for those younger students that have not heard of many kinds of birds before. This book could also be used to introduce the topic of the sun rising and setting because at the beginning of the book, the sun is rising. At the end of the book, the sun is setting.

This book could also be used for math in the younger grades because it counts down from ten. It counts how many times the bird says its sound. The numbers count down until the sun goes down. This book could be used when getting students to think about counting backwards and forwards, especially when this is a new concept for students.

Matt, the birder, didn't like that some of the birds were called the wrong common name. That being said, it was fun to hear him read this book because he can imitate the birds in it so well. The artwork is awesome. According to other reviews, this book may teach kids to count backwards. Since Tikka is 4 months old, I did not focus on the educational aspect. Just wanted a book with big, interesting illustrations of birds.

Loved this book, 4 month old child enjoyed hearing the different bird calls. Sweet children's book.

Onomatopoeia and animals, a natural combination. In addition, this is a reverse counting book. Beautiful!!