Book Buzz
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February 2023: Going to the Birds
Sing a Song of Six Books
Non-fiction books about birds and birdwatching
- DBC11301 - Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds by Donald Kroodsma.
- DB72861 - Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur by Sy Montgomery.
- DB105018 - What It's Like to be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds are Doing, and Why by David Allen Sibley.
- DB85750 - Birding for the Curious: The Easiest Way for Anyone to Explore the Incredible World of Birds by Nate Swick.
- DB103328 - A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul.
- DB29485 - A Birdsong Tutor for Visually Handicapped Individuals by Elliott Lang.
Books of a Feather
Bird names in the Titles
- DB81189/BR23299 - Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Historical fiction set in 1939 France.
- DB89420 - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Fiction about race and justice in America during a Texas murder investigation.
- DB77453 - Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Pulitzer Prize winning fiction about a teenager involved in New York City's underground art world.
- DB77672/BR12850 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Classic fiction of injustice, friendship, and coming-of-age in 1930s Alabama.
- DB82683 - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Fantasy fiction including a team of criminal outcasts staging an elaborate heist.
Hoo-Hoo! Who?
Bird and Birding Biographies
- DBC11164 - Feather Brained: My bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own by Bob Tarte. (Michigan Notable Book).
- DB89467 - Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World by Noah Strycker.
- DB68344 - Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg.
- DB90801 - Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson.
- DB83852 - This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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