Audubon Birdhouse Book

Audubon Birdhouse Book

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  • Author: Margaret A. Barker
  • Publisher: Voyageur Press
  • ISBN: 1627880836
  • Category : Nature
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 162

Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birdhouse Book explains how to build and place safe, species-appropriate bird homes for more than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. A visit to almost any home or garden center presents birders with numerous cute and colorful contraptions that are sold as bird homes. But the fact is, many of these products provide anything but a safe refuge for your feathered friends. Each of the easy-to-build boxes and shelves within is accompanied by cut lists, specially created line diagrams, and step-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed with color photography and profiles and range maps for the bird species covered—including titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, phoebes, swallows, waterfowl, and even kestrels and owls—to help the reader properly place and maintain the homes to attract birds. And because these projects are the product of years of experience and field-testing, you can be sure you’re getting the best advice regarding proper design, safe construction materials, and correct home placement to mitigate exposure to elements, pests, and predators. Finally, beyond the birdhouses, you’ll find out how you can contribute to the larger birding community and even enhance your birding experience with the aid of new technologies. Build an Audubon-approved home for these species: Bewick’s, Carolina, or House Wren; Prothonotary Warbler; Eastern, Western, or Mountain Bluebird; Ash-throated or Great Crested Flycatcher; Tree Swallow or Violet-green Swallow; Juniper, Oak, Black-crested, or Tufted Titmouse; Barred Owl; Eastern or Western Screech-owl; Barn Owl; Northern Flicker; American Kestrel; Black-capped, Carolina, or Mountain Chickadee; Wood Duck; Hooded Merganser; Purple Martin; Mourning Dove; Barn Swallow; American Robin; House Finch; and Eastern or Say’s Phoebe.


The Bird House

The Bird House

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  • Author: Kelly Simmons
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781410438409
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 357

In the tradition of Anita Shreve and Sue Miller, Simmons delivers a psychologically charged novel about the power and failure of family.


A House for Every Bird

A House for Every Bird

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  • Author: Megan Maynor
  • Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN: 1984896482
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 33

A young artist's drawings rebel against her when she tries to put her sketched birds in houses that match how they look, but not how they feel in this hilarious picture book perfect for readers of Julian is a Mermaid and The Big Orange Splot. A young artist has drawn birds and bird houses in corresponding colors. Now it's time to match them up. The blue bird goes in the blue house, the orange bird in the orange house, and so on. But wait! The birds don't agree with the narrator's choices and, much to her distress, are rebelling by swapping houses. Can the narrator make the birds see sense? Or is it possible that you just can't tell a bird by its feathers? "This bighearted picture book delivers a worthwhile message with humor and great respect for young readers."--The Horn Book "A fresh and funny take on an old moral."--Kirkus "Both Maynor’s dialogue text and Juanita’s digital art have a loose, improvisational feel that captures the thrill and frustration of a work in progress—and the value of empathy and flexibility in getting to know others."--Publishers Weekly "Use this to open a discussion on using words rather than assumptions, or as an introduction to the way art can go in unexpected directions."--The Bulletin


A Bird in the House

A Bird in the House

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  • Author: Margaret Laurence
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN: 0226923827
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

A Bird in the House is a series of eight interconnected short stories narrated by Vanessa MacLeod as she matures from a child at age ten into a young woman at age twenty. Wise for her years, Vanessa reveals much about the adult world in which she lives. "Vanessa rebels against the dominance of age; she watches [her grandfather] imitate her aunt Edna; and her rage at times is such that she would gladly kick him. It takes great skill to keep this story within the expanding horizon of this young girl and yet make it so revealing of the adult world."—Atlantic "A Bird in the House achieves the breadth of scope which we usually associate with the novel (and thereby is as psychologically valid as a good novel), and at the same time uses the techniques of the short story form to reveal the different aspects of the young Vanessa." —Kent Thompson, The Fiddlehead "I am haunted by the women in Laurence's novels as if they really were alive—and not as women I've known, but as women I've been."—Joan Larkin, Ms. Magazine "Not since . . . To Kill a Mockingbird has there been a novel like this. It should not be missed by anyone who has a child or was a child."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of Canada's most accomplished writers, Margaret Laurence (1926-87) was the recipient of many awards including Canada's prestigious Governor General's Literary Award on two separate occasions, once for The Diviners.


The Bird House and Other Stories

The Bird House and Other Stories

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  • Author: Sara Wernham
  • Publisher: Jolly Learning
  • ISBN: 9781844144273
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 120

The fourth of four levels of decodable books, providing the best start for children just starting to read. With three lively series in each level, children are able to practise their phonic skills while developing key reading skills. The Bird House and other stories contains six engaging fiction stories and provides comprehension questions, discussion activities and guidance for parents. The stories in the book feature words that are spelled regularly, and can be sounded out with the 42 letter sounds first taught in Jolly Phonics. At every stage the words are within the reach of children as they use their letter sound knowledge and tricky words already taught. All the tricky words and letter sounds used are shown at the beginning of the book. Light type is used as a guide for any silent letters, such as /b/ in lamb. Level 4 provides revision of the alternative sound of /y/ used for the /ee/ sound at the end of words like funny and happy, the 'hop-over /e/' spellings of the long vowel sounds and introduces spellings of the long vowel sounds, /ay/ as in day, /ea/ as in seat, /y/ and /igh/ as in fly and high, /ow/ as in low and now, /ew/ as in dew, /oy/ as in joy, /ir/ and /ur/ as in bird and turn, and /al/, /au/ and /aw/ as in talk, pause and saw. Stories included in the book:The Bird HouseDaisy and ButtercupThe New KittenAn Inter-Hive MatchThe Maize MazeBeach ResuceAdditional extension activities:Say the SoundsTricky WordsMeet the CharactersBook ReviewCharacter Review*The Bird House and other stories is a paperback edition of the popular Jolly Phonics Readers, combining stories previously published as six individual books in the Level 4 Inky & Friends series*


The Porcher House and Other Stories

The Porcher House and Other Stories

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  • Author: Gregory D. Nenson
  • Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
  • ISBN: 145753410X
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 134

The Porcher House After his divorce Anthony Walker walks away from his life in Maryland and moves to the Space Coast of sunny Florida where he finds the love of his life, Emilia Porcher. There’s only one thing keeping them apart…. She’s been dead for over fifty some years. Anthony has to ‘Risk it All’ to find his way through the thin veil of reality, past and present, to be with the woman he’s fallen in love with.


An Itinerant House And Other Stories

An Itinerant House And Other Stories

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  • Author: Emma Frances Dawson
  • Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
  • ISBN: 384962188X
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 269

"Stories for sleepless nights" is one of the finest series containing only the best strange, occult, fantastic and obscure stories ever published. We take great pride in republishing stories, that have long been lost and are now available again for your eReader. Prepare for stunning, mind-shaking, frightening, fantastic, scary and thrilling stories from all over the world. If you are interested in far more stories from this series just drop the words "Stories for sleepless nights" into the search field of your favourite book store. A classic book from 1896 with a terrific assortment of stories. Sections of this book use old English grammar and writing, spotted typos are typically no typos at all. Contents: Preface An Itinerant House. Singed Moths. Biddy Gossips. Biddy Gossips Again. A Stray Reveler. The Night Before The Wedding The Dramatic In My Destiny. Prologue. Act I. Act II. Act III. Act IV. A Gracious Visitation. A Sworn Statement. "The Second Card Wins." I. The Lovely Mrs. Clare Speaks. II. Passage From The Diary Of Mrs. Capel. III. Paragraph From San Francisco Papers Of Thursday Evening. In Silver Upon Purple: "Star-Cross'd Lovers." "Are The Dead Dead?"


Meatball Birds and Seven Other Stories

Meatball Birds and Seven Other Stories

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  • Author: Kenneth C. Gardner Jr.
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • ISBN: 1475994427
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 191

The stories in Meatball Birds and Seven Other Stories--The Canadian, Royce Hare, Home, Meatball Birds, The Falls Brawl, Conrad Forester, Miss Hutchinson, and The Horse--add more details to the lives of the Cockburn family and other residents of Menninger, North Dakota, the fictional town first introduced in the novel The Song Is Ended and continued in the novel The Dark Between The Stars. They are visits to small town life from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1960s.


The Queen's Twin and Other Stories

The Queen's Twin and Other Stories

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  • Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Publisher: Good Press
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 127

Some people's fates are similar in very strange ways. The book "The Queen's Twin and Other Stories" is about different people whose lives crossed unexpectedly and were filled with similar events. The protagonist of "The Queen's Twin" is an old woman from Maine who was born at the same time as Queen Victoria. She later married a man called Albert and had children with the same success as the Queen. She visited London and met the Queen there, and those memories warmed her heart in old age.


The Sick Doll and Other Stories

The Sick Doll and Other Stories

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  • Author: Fanny P. Seaverns
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Children's literature
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 212