
Burgess Bird Book for Children(Annotated): A P.L.A.Y. Story Activity Book by Karen L. Willard
P.L.A.Y. has provided a new online version of all 45 chapters of this updated and annotated 100+ year old public domain classic to:
- be suitable for the 21st century family by having the Thornton Burgess woodland characters evolve to model mindfulness and loving kindness
- highlight and bring awareness to the New England nature settings and offer an opportunity to learn more about birds and other woodland animals through this story adventure
- create story extension moments through P.L.A.Y. suggested activities and investigations for making new nature connections generated by the reader’s own curiosity
- encourage families to keep their own nature notebooks for drawing, writing, painting, and recording their own local daily outdoor P.L.A.Y. adventures.
- Source: Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
Visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for Citizen Scientist Projects
- *Bird Academy www.academy.allaboutbirds.org *best online source*
- BirdSleuth K-12 – www.birdsleuth.org/info-for/homeschoolers/
- eBird – www.ebird.org
- Nest Watch – www.nestwatch.org
- Project Feederwatch – www.feederwatch.org

Fifty Favorite Birds Coloring Book
by Lisa Bonfort
Dover Publications, Inc.
Note: 39 birds out of 50 match this P.L.A.Y. Bird guide
Bird Books:
Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds by Laura Erickson & Marie Read
Birds, Nests, and Eggs by Mel Boring
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
by Jacqueline Davies
Everything You Never Learned About Birds: Lore & Legends, Science & Nature, Hands-On Projects by Rebecca Rupp
Feathers Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart
For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Peggy Thomas
KIDS Discover Magazine – BIRDS – www.kidsdiscover.com
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
A Nest is Noisy by Diana Hutts Aston
A Place for Birds by Melissa Stuart
Swallows in the Birdhouse by Stephen R. Swineburne
The Secrets of Animal Flight by Nic Bishop

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