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The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon Cover Image Book

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

Davies, Jacqueline, 1962- (Author). Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (illustrator.).

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?

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618243437
  • ISBN: 9780618243433
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
AD790L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 79637.
Awards Note:
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children (2005).

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Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 > Juvenile literature.
Ornithologists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Animal painters > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ornithologists > United States > Biography.
Animal painters > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Picture books.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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