Children’s books and activities

Birds and Animals

Do you know any kids who are fascinated by birds, snakes, and other animals? We've gathered up a great collection of books, activities, apps, and websites for learning all about animals.

Try pairing fiction with nonfiction books and exploring different genres (like poetry and biographies) and formats (like graphic novels and audio books). You'll be creating your own "text sets" — collections of texts focused on a specific topic, such as birds and animals. Reading widely in this way helps children build background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

You might also want to explore our free activity toolkits: Bird Buddies and River Rangers.

Birds and Animals

Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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999 Frogs Wake Up

By:
Ken Kimura
Illustrated by: Yasunari Murakami

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree

By:
Daniel Bernstrom
Illustrated by: Brandon James Scott

Age Level: 3-6 years old

About Birds / Sobre los parjaros

By:
Catherine Sill
Illustrated by: Jon Sill

Age Level: 3-6 years old

About Birds: A Guide for Children

By:
Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: John Sill

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures

By:
Kwame Alexander
Illustrated by: Joel Satore

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Animal Dads

By:
Sneed Collard
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Animals: A First Art Book

By:
Lucy Micklethwait

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Are You My Mother?

By:
P.D. Eastman

Age Level: 3-6 years old

cover of Bear Came Along with illustration showing brown trees and the top of a bear's head.

Bear Came Along

By:
Richard T. Morris
Illustrated by: LeUyen Pham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

cover of "Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails" showing a peacock

Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails

By:
Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why

By:
Lita Judge

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Birds Make Nests

By:
Michael Garland

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Can You See Me?

By:
Ted Lewin

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Cat Says Meow and Other An-i-mal-o-poe-ia

By:
Michael Arndt

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Crustacean Vacation

By:
Brian Benoit
Illustrated by: Marty Kelley

Age Level: 3-6 years old

illustrated cover of English and Spanish bilingual book Cuddled and Carried showing adult and baby panthers.

Cuddled and Carried / Consentido y cargado

By:
Dia Michels
Illustrated by: Mike Speiser

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Daytime Nighttime

By:
William Low

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Diary of a Worm

By:
Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by: Harry Bliss

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

By:
Lynne Cox
Illustrated by: Brian Floca

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Every Autumn Comes the Bear

By:
Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Fabulous Frogs

By:
Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by: Tim Hopgood

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Feathers for Peacock

By:
Jacqueline Jules
Illustrated by: Helen Cann

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Fleabag

By:
Helen Stephens

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Good Dog, Carl

By:
Alexandra Day

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?

By:
Rita Gray
Illustrated by: Kenard Pak

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Have You Seen My Duckling?

By:
Nancy Tafuri

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Hello Hello

By:
Brendan Wenzel

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Hello, Crow

By:
Candace Savage
Illustrated by: Chelsea O'Byrne

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Henry's Map

By:
David Elliot

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Here Come the Humpbacks!

By:
April Sayre
Illustrated by: Jamie Hogan

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships

By:
Robin Page
, Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

How to Heal a Broken Wing

By:
Bob Graham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

I Spy in the Sky

By:
Edward Gibbs

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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If You Want to See a Whale

By:
Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by: Erin Stead

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Inch by Inch

By:
Leo Lionni
Illustrated by: Leo Lionni

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Just One Bite: 11 Animals and Their Bites at Life Size!

By:
Lola Schaefer
Illustrated by: Geoff Waring

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Leopard & Silkie: One Boy's Quest to Save the Seal Pups

By:
Brenda Peterson
Illustrated by: Robin Lindsey

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate

By:
Bob Graham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Make Way for Ducklings

By:
Robert McCloskey

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Mama Built a Little Nest

By:
Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Meet the Howlers!

By:
April Sayre
Illustrated by: Woody Miller

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Montessori: Map Work

By:
Bobby George
, June George

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nesting

By:
Henry Cole

Age Level: 3-6 years old

On the Wing

By:
David Elliott
Illustrated by: Becca Stadtlander

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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One Gorilla: A Counting Book

By:
Anthony Browne

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Orangutan

By:
Susi Eszterhas

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Out on the Prairie

By:
Donna Bateman
Illustrated by: Susan Swan

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Ruby's Birds

By:
Mya Thompson
Illustrated by: Claudia Dávila

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Seagulls Soar

By:
April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by: Kasia Bogdanska

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Stripes of All Types

By:
Susan Stockdale
Illustrated by: Susan Stockdale

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Suryia Swims! The True Story of How an Orangutan Learned to Swim

By:
Bhagavan Antle
, Thea Feldman
Illustrated by: Barry Bland

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Swamp Chomp

By:
Lola Schaefer
Illustrated by: Paul Meisel

Age Level: 3-6 years old

cover of "Temple Cat" showing cat in front of columns with hieroglyphs on them

Temple Cat

By:
Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Kate Kiesler

Age Level: 3-6 years old

The Most Amazing Bird

By:
Michael Arvaaluk Kusugak
Illustrated by: Andrew Qappik

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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The Secret Life of the Red Fox

By:
Laurence Pringle
Illustrated by: Kate Garchinsky

Age Level: 3-6 years old

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

By:
Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by: Diane and Leo Dillon

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Tico and the Golden Wings

By:
Leo Lionni

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Trout Are Made of Trees

By:
April Sayre
Illustrated by: Kate Endle

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken

By:
Douglas Rees
Illustrated by: Jed Henry

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Undersea Animals: A Dramatic Dimensional Visit to Strange Underwater Realms

By:
Jane Buxton
Illustrated by: Jerry Pinkney

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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We're Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific

By:
Laurie Krebs
Illustrated by: Grazia Restelli

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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When You Wander: A Search-and-Rescue Dog Story

By:
Margarita Engle
Illustrated by: Mary Morgan

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Who Has These Feet?

By:
Laura Hulbert
Illustrated by: Erick Brooks

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Whose Chick Are You?

By:
Nancy Tafuri

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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Wolf in the Snow

By:
Matthew Cordell

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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You Are a Garter Snake!

By:
Laurie Ann Thompson
Illustrated by: Jay Fleck

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A Boy and a Jaguar

By:
Alan Rabinowitz
Illustrated by: Catia Chien

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A Garden to Save the Birds

By:
Wendy McClure
Illustrated by: Beatriz Mayumi

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories

By:
Gail Ablow
Illustrated by: Kathy Osborn

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A Nest Is Noisy

By:
Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrated by: Sylvia Long

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A Place for Birds

By:
Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by: Higgins Bond

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A Round of Robins

By:
Katie Hesterman
Illustrated by: Sergio Ruzzier

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A Strange Place to Call Home

By:
Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Ed Young

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children

By:
Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: Jon Sill

Age Level: 6-9 years old

About Parrots: A Guide for Children

By:
Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by: John Sill

Age Level: 6-9 years old

All the Birds in the World

By:
David Opie

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World

By:
Brian Keating

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Animal Fact / Animal Fable

By:
Seymour Simon
Illustrated by: Diane de Groat

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

By:
Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds

By:
Elise Gravel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Beaks!

By:
Sneed Collard
Illustrated by: Robin Brickman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Beavers

By:
Gail Gibbons

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Beneath the Sun

By:
Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by: Constance Bergum

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Bird Count

By:
Susan Edwards Richmond
Illustrated by: Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Birds of a Feather

By:
Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Birds, Nests and Eggs

By:
Mel Boring

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Birds: Just Like Us!

By:
Bridget Heos
Illustrated by: David Clark

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Bowhead Whale

By:
Joanasie Karpik
Illustrated by: Sho Uehara

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Chicken Frank, Dinosaur!

By:
S.K. Wenger
Illustrated by: JoJo Ensslin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Circle

By:
Jeannie Baker

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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City Cat

By:
Kate Banks
Illustrated by: Lauren Castillo

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Creature Features

By:
Steve Jenkins
, Robin Page

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Crocodile Safari

By:
Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Dinosaur Feathers

By:
Dennis Nolan

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Dolphins

By:
Penelope Arlon
Illustrated by: Tory Gordon-Harris

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Eggs

By:
Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by: Emma Stevenson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest

By:
Irene Kelly

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Face to Face with Manatees

By:
Brian Skerry

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Face to Face with Sharks

By:
David Doubilet
, Jennifer Hayes

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Feathers: Not Just for Flying

By:
Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by: Sarah S. Brannen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems/Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales

By:
Julie Paschkis

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories

By:
Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles

By:
Philippe Cousteau
, Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by: Meilo So

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos book cover

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

By:
Monica Brown
Illustrated by: John Parra

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Frog Song

By:
Brenda Guiberson
Illustrated by: Gennady Spirin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Frogs! Strange and Wonderful

By:
Laurence Pringle
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Gone Again Ptarmigan

By:
Jonathan London

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight

By:
Susan Vande Griek
Illustrated by: Mark Hoffmann

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems

By:
Janet Stevens
, Suzanne Stevens

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Henry and Mudge: The First Book

By:
Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by: Sucie Stevenson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Home for a Penquin, Home for a Whale book cover showing swimming penquins and sea creatures underwater

Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale

By:
Brenda Williams
Illustrated by: Annalisa Beghelli

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How Do Birds Find Their Way?

By:
Roma Gans
Illustrated by: Paul Mirocha

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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How to Bird

By:
Rasha Hamid

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How to Make a Bird

How to Make a Bird

By:
Meg McKinlay
Illustrated by: Matt Ottley

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Information Graphics: Animal Kingdom

By:
Simon Rogers
Illustrated by: Nicholas Blechman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Invented by Animals: Meet the Creatures Who Inspired Our Everyday Technology

By:
Christiane Dorion
Illustrated by: Gosia Herba

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Lali's Feather

By:
Farhana Zia
Illustrated by: Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Leaving the Nest

By:
Mordicai Gerstein

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Lizards

By:
Nic Bishop

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

By:
Annette Cate

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs

By:
Randi Barrow
, Marlane Kennedy
, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Lucy in the City: A Story About Developing Spatial Thinking Skills

By:
Julie Dillemuth

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Monster Hunt: Exploring Mysterious Creatures

By:
Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

By:
Alicia Porter
Illustrated by: Melissa Sweet

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Mush! Sled Dogs of the Iditarod

By:
Joe Funk

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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My Happy Year by E. Bluebird (A Nature Diary)

By:
Paul Meisel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Nat Geo Wild Animal Atlas: Earth's Astonishing Animals and Where They Live

By:
National Geographic Kids

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America

By:
Jonathan Alderfer

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry

By:
Karen Ansberry
Illustrated by: Jennifer DiRubbio

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Nature Log Kids: A Kid's Journal to Record Their Birding Experiences

By:
DeAnna Brandt

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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No Monkeys, No Chocolate

By:
Melissa Stewart
, Allen Young
Illustrated by: Nicole Wong

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Noisy Bird Sing-Along

By:
John Himmelman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Olinguito, de La A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z!

By:
Lulu Delacre

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf

By:
Olivia Bouler

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Otters Love to Play

By:
Jonathan London
Illustrated by: Meilo So

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Over and Under the Pond

By:
Kate Messner
Illustrated by: Christopher Silas Neal

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

By:
Isabella Hatkoff
, Craig Hatkoff
, Paula Kahumbu
Illustrated by: Peter Greste

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Owl Diaries: Eva's Treetop Festival

By:
Rebecca Elliott

Age Level: 6-9 years old

illustrated cover of Owl Moon showing an adult and child on a snowy hill with the moon in the background.

Owl Moon

By:
Jane Yolen

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Paddle Perch Climb: Bird Feet are Neat

By:
Laurie Ellen Angus

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City

By:
Janet Schulman
Illustrated by: Meilo So

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

By:
Susan L. Roth
Illustrated by: Cindy Trumbore

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Pika: Life in the Rocks

By:
Tannis Bill

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Polar Bears

By:
Mark Newman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House

By:
Julia Moberg
Illustrated by: Jeff Albrecht

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Python

By:
Christopher Cheng
Illustrated by: Mark Jackson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet

By:
Joan Dunning

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Skeletons and Exoskeletons

By:
Julie Lundgren

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Snails Are Just My Speed!

By:
Kevin McCloskey

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Snow Birds

By:
Kirsten Hall
Illustrated by: Jenni Desmond

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Snow School

By:
Sandra Markle
Illustrated by: Alan Marks

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Sparrow Girl

By:
Sara Pennypacker
Illustrated by: Yoko Tanaka

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations

By:
Laura Perdew
Illustrated by: Katie Mazeika

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Spunky Tells All

By:
Ann Cameron
Illustrated by: Lauren Castillo

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Story Worlds Nature

By:
Thomas Hegbrook

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives On the Job

By:
Dorothy Hinshaw Hinshaw Patent

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Barn Owls

By:
Tony Johnston
Illustrated by: Deborah Kogan Ray

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Beak Book

By:
Robin Page

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Big Book of Birds

By:
Yuval Zommer

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Birdwatchers

By:
Simon James

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon

By:
Jacqueline Davies
Illustrated by: Melissa Sweet

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Cuckoo's Haiku: and Other Birding Poems

By:
Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by: Stan Fellows

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Fog

By:
Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by: Kenard Pak

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The One and Only Ivan

By:
Katherine Applegate

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Real Poop on Pigeons

By:
Kevin McCloskey

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with the Squishy Bits Left In

By:
Nick Arnold
, Tony De Saulles

Age Level: 6-9 years old

The Truth About Hippos cover showing three running hippos on a yellow background

The Truth about Hippos

By:
Maxwell Eaton III

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

By:
Jeanette Winter

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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There's a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me

By:
Loreen Leedy
, Pat Street

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators

By:
Jim Arnosky

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger

By:
Ann Whitehead Nagda
Illustrated by: Cindy Bickel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey

By:
Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by: Wendell Minor

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Wackiest White House Pets

By:
Katherine Gibbs Davis

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Wanted! A Guinea Pig Named Henry

By:
Wendy Orr
Illustrated by: Patricia Castelo

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Welcome, Brown Bird

By:
Mary Lyn Ray
Illustrated by: Peter Sylvada

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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What's Your Favorite Animal?

By:
Eric Carle

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone

By:
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by: Cassie & Dan Hartman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs

By:
Patricia Lauber
Illustrated by: Holly Keller

Age Level: 6-9 years old

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Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals

By:
Hannah Pang
Illustrated by: Jenny Wren

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku

By:
Lee Wardlaw
Illustrated by: Eugene Yelchin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Woodpecker Wham!

By:
April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Wow! Look What Birds Can Do

By:
Camilla de la Bedoyere
Illustrated by: Ste Johnson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story

By:
Stephanie Spinner
Illustrated by: Meilo So

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual

By:
Kate Samworth

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Backyard Birds (Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists)

By:
Karen Stray Nolting
, Jonathan Latimer
Illustrated by: Roger Tory Peterson

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Beastly Bionics: Rad Robots, Brilliant Biomimicry, and Incredible Inventions Inspired by Nature

By:
Jennifer Swanson

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel

By:
Nancy Castaldo

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

By:
Deborah Lee Rose
Illustrated by: Jane Veltkamp

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Children's Encyclopedia of Birds

By:
Claudia Martin

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard

By:
Loree Griffin Burns
Illustrated by: Ellen Harasimowicz

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Condor Comeback

By:
Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by: Tianne Strombeck

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird

By:
Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by: Andy Comins

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Crows: Bird Geniuses (Science Comics series)

By:
Kyla Vanderklugt

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

By:
Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights

By:
W.H. Beck

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot

By:
Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by: Nic Bishop

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Least Things: Poems about Small Natures

By:
Jane Yolen

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

By:
Phillip Hoose

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America’s Own Backyard

By:
Mary Kay Carson
Illustrated by: Tom Uhlman

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Science Comics: Sharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter

By:
Joe Flood

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks

By:
Skila Brown
Illustrated by: Bob Kolar

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Songbirds (Peterson Field Guides: Young Naturalists)

By:
Karen Stray Nolting
, Jonathan Latimer
Illustrated by: Roger Tory Peterson

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region

By:
Donald Stokes
, Lillian Stokes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

By:
Donald Stokes
, Lillian Stokes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

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The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea

By:
Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America (Second Edition)

By:
David Allen Sibley

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

By:
Jan Thornhill

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)

By:
Bill Thompson III

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Wild Wings

By:
Gill Lewis
Illustrated by: Yuta Onoda

Age Level: 9-12 years old