Everyday kids learn how they can help protect bird species, near and
far, with the award-winning book Counting Birds--the real-life story
behind the first annual bird count.
What can you do to help endangered animals and make a positive change in
our environment? Get counting! Counting Birds is a beautifully
illustrated book that introduces kids to the idea of bird counts and
bird watches. Along the way, they will learn about Frank Chapman,
an ornithologist who wanted to see the end of the traditional Christmas
bird hunt, an event in which people would shoot as many birds as
possible on Christmas. Chapman, using his magazine Bird-Lore to
promote the idea of counting birds, founded the first annual bird
count.
More than a century after the first bird count, bird counting helps
professional researchers collect data, share expertise, and spread
valuable information to help all kinds of birds around the world,
from condors to hawks to kestrels and more.
Counting Birds introduces kids to a whole feathered world that will
fascinate and inspire them to get involved in conservation and
become citizen scientists.
- 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National
Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council)
- 2019 Best STEM Book for K-12 Students (National Science Teachers
Association and the Children's Book Council)
- Winner of the 2019 Riverby Award (The John Burroughs Association)
- Recipient of the 2019 Green Earth Book Award Honor (The Nature
Generation)
