by Roald Dahl
illustrator Quentin Blake
London: Puffin, 1964
63 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: animal welfare, birds, magic
Also by this author: James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and many, many more
Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, cities, London
Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1967
by Charles Keeping
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967
31 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: birds, cities, London
Song of the Swallows
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: American history, birds, gardening, nature, religion, seasons, Spanish language
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1950
by Leo Politi
New York: Scribner, 1949
31 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: birds, migration, Spanish language, American history, seasons, gardens
Next: natural history books about birds, birdwatching
The Story About Ping
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, boats, China, ducks, river
Marjorie Flack, author
Kurt Wiese, illustrator
New York: Viking, 1933
31 pp.
Age: 2 +
Interests: birds, duck, river, China, boats
The Little Island
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: birds, boats, insects, island, nature, ocean, seasons, weather
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1947
Margaret Wise Brown, author
Leonard Weisgard, illustrator
New York: Doubleday, 1946
40 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: nature, animals, birds, boats, islands
By the same author: Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
The Big Snow
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, birds, nature, seasons, snow, weather, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNTER – 1949
Berta and Elmer Hader
New York: Macmillan, 1948
43 pp.
Ages: 3 +
Interests: animals, birds, seasons, nature, snow, winter
Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: birds, boats, geese, nature, travel
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1963
John Burningham, author and illustrator
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963
30 pp
Ages: 2 +
Interests: birds, geese, stories about not fitting in
Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Avocado Baby, Come Away From the Water Shirley, Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World, Courtney
Old Winkle and the Seagulls
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: birds, boats, ocean
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1960
Gerald Rose, author (with Elizabeth Rose) and illustrator
London: Faber and Faber, 1960
31 pp
4+
Interests: boats, ocean, birds
Make Way for Ducklings
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, birds, Boston, cities, ducks, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1942
Robert McCloskey
New York: Viking Press, 1941
62 pp
ages 2 and up
Interests: birds, ducks, public parks, Boston
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