How to Know a Crow
The Biography of a Brainy Bird
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2024
- Category
- Birds, Zoology, Baby Animals
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771649162
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $26.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
Description
For readers 9-12, get up close and personal with a clever corvid and discover the fascinating world of crows.
Crows are all around us, shouting from lamp posts, poking around on lawns, and generally taking a bright-eyed interest in everything that moves. But most of us don’t know much about their lives. In How to Know a Crow, award-winning author Candace Savage invites us into the fascinating world of these big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.
From the moment baby crow Oki pokes her egg tooth through her shell and emerges into her nest, we are her constant companions. As we follow her through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.
With How to Know a Crow, uncover the answers to questions such as:
- Do crows have families?
- How do crows communicate with one another?
- Do crows play?
- How can we interact with them?
Featuring gorgeous illustrations from Rachel Hudson, How to Know a Crow is a memorable journey of discovery.
About the authors
Candace Savage is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed books on subjects ranging from natural history and science to popular culture. She is the author of the best-selling natural history titles Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays and Prairie: A Natural History, for which she won two Saskatchewan Book Awards and a Gold Medal from ForeWord Magazine in 2004. She is also a frequent contributor to numerous periodicals, including Canadian Geographic. She lives in Saskatoon, SK.
Editorial Reviews
“Enlightening and entertaining [with] striking illustrations that bring the birds brilliantly to life, and colorful text boxes offer up tasty tidbits of extra information. Avian enthusiasts are sure to find a new feathered favorite in these clever crows."
—Booklist
"An absorbing study—certainly “caws” for further investigation."
—Kirkus Reviews
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