I feel like this was harder to read through than the animal book, but I still learned so much! And I have a much stronger desire to learn more about various birds than I did before reading this book- so that definitely says something, doesn't it? :) We even bought a board game (Wingspan) because of our desire to learn more about birds. I just wish the book had colored illustrations for each bird! Thank goodness for Google ;).

We read this two years ago but the boys still have fond memories of coloring the birds while I read about their slightly personified yet true to nature behaviors and attitudes. We went on to happily read many Thornton Burgess stories after this!

I enjoyed this one but my kiddo prefers the Animal one. Still, we both learned a lot!

A book that is best read aloud to your children! My great grandma read it to my mother, and my mother read it to me. How could you not love Saucy Jenny Wren?? A beautiful book combining imaginative play for children all the while, instilling a special appreciation for nature.

First of all, I love how the average rating for this book is 5.81. Huh? This is a book that I read aloud to my kids. It about different kinds of birds through a story format so the kids don't even know that they are learning different info about how different kinds of birds act, look, eat, etc. I learned a lot and I've never really been much of a bird watcher, but now I find myself paying more attention to them. There was also a website that I found that went along with each chaprter with full color pictures of the birds that it talks about. We only read part of the book, but will read more when we get it back from the library.

I read this with my youngest daughter when she was around 9-10. She loved this book! I liked it because she liked it. It gets repetitive, but late elementary aged kids like repetitive. We looked up pictures and videos after reading each chapter. I think this book really helped develop her love for nature, and we definitely have noticed birds more since reading it!

This was our first foray into Charlotte Mason-style/living books science, and it was a success. I didn't know before we read this that it does not need to be read straight through as a story, so just an FYI. We read each chapter stopping to look up the birds and listen to their calls, watch YouTube videos, etc. and really enjoyed the experience.

First read to me by my mother before I could read for myself

I know so much more about birds through this book and it was all while telling a cute story. Highly recommend to anyone who has children interested in birds. so many diff birds covered you could really just look up each after the chapter and do a little more research and a drawing of them and have an entire unit around birds though this book alone.

We took this book at a walking pace, taking a year and a half to finish it’s 45 chapters. What a delight! I learned so much about birds and the way this book displays nature study in an approachable way is invaluable to me and my family.
My daughter was so sad it was over and can’t wait to start over at the beginning.

The Burgess books are a must for childhood! So informative in a very captivating way.

Reading this aloud with my girls was more entertaining than I'd envisioned it to be. It's really delightful and educational.