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jennymock's review against another edition
5.0
I love the overlapping notebook showing the continuous tally of birds. This is a great introduction to bird counting and citizen science, plus it includes useful resources.
mblair8506's review against another edition
5.0
I love how this book is set up. It takes you on an adventure to find birds. The addition of the tallying of the birds on the side is a nice touch. Additionally, the bold bird names and pictures allow readers to locate the birds and match them up. Lots of learning. The glossary of birds in the back is wonderful too.
I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy.
I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy.
readingwithmygoldens's review against another edition
5.0
I couldn't have requested this fast enough and I was so glad when I was approved. We are so fortunate in our house to have many windows to watch the birds and animals go about their daily activities. My 2 year old daughter LOVES birds. I'm happy to say this book is wonderful for her and encourages adult/child together time as well!
Ava and her mother participate in the Christmas Bird Count each year. They head out early in the morning with a group and mark down all the birds they see. The illustrations are wonderful (the birds look real) and assist in helping to cement the names to the type of bird it is.
There are so many things to love about this book. 1) An appreciation for nature and the world around us 2) I had no idea the CBC existed and I would love to become involved as a citizen scientist 3) Learning about birds 4) I loved the summary of each bird found in the book at the end. It highlighted educational things that I wasn't always aware of and lastly, 4) the author's note. I really enjoyed learning about the author's inspiration for the book and her history of the CBC!
I highly encourage you check this book out. Read it to your kids! Give it away as a gift. It's a great way to get outside (or look outside when it's too cold) and appreciate the world around us! **(I will make a quick sidenote: while this book is great for anyone, it specifically mentions birds in the Northeast US, so if you live outside that area it might not be as exciting because those birds aren't local to you. I live in Buffalo, NY so the birds present in this book are birds we see everyday!)
Thank you to Netgalley, Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC & Susan Edwards Richmond for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this adorable book!
Review Date: 5/8/19
Publication Date: 10/1/19
Ava and her mother participate in the Christmas Bird Count each year. They head out early in the morning with a group and mark down all the birds they see. The illustrations are wonderful (the birds look real) and assist in helping to cement the names to the type of bird it is.
There are so many things to love about this book. 1) An appreciation for nature and the world around us 2) I had no idea the CBC existed and I would love to become involved as a citizen scientist 3) Learning about birds 4) I loved the summary of each bird found in the book at the end. It highlighted educational things that I wasn't always aware of and lastly, 4) the author's note. I really enjoyed learning about the author's inspiration for the book and her history of the CBC!
I highly encourage you check this book out. Read it to your kids! Give it away as a gift. It's a great way to get outside (or look outside when it's too cold) and appreciate the world around us! **(I will make a quick sidenote: while this book is great for anyone, it specifically mentions birds in the Northeast US, so if you live outside that area it might not be as exciting because those birds aren't local to you. I live in Buffalo, NY so the birds present in this book are birds we see everyday!)
Thank you to Netgalley, Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC & Susan Edwards Richmond for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this adorable book!
Review Date: 5/8/19
Publication Date: 10/1/19
shighley's review against another edition
4.0
I don't think I've seen a picture book on this topic before; love the cover! Some of the inside spreads were a bit spare, but maybe that's to represent the wide expanses they were covering at times. The use of the running list on the right side was a clever feature. A teacher could use this to encourage a class to do their own count, and continue it outside school.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
This was a really neat story about an event I had never heard of before. The Christmas Bird Count, put on by the Audubon Society, is an event where people meet in regional areas to count, track, and note the number of birds seen in their local region over the course of a day. There are specific rules to follow, but you don't have to be an official scientist to take part - you just have to be a citizen scientist!
colstada's review against another edition
5.0
This is an adorable book about the National Audubon Society's annual bird count. Ava and her mom have a fun day excursion with a group of people to participate in citizen science and help in the annual bird count. As the story progresses, Ava keeps a tally of all the birds they count as well as explains the rules of a bird count. The illustrations are a really great compliment to this book. Both myself and my four year old learned a lot reading this book and she had fun counting along with Ava. This serves as a great alternative winter book for kids of all ages and introduces a bird count in an easy to understand way. I definitely recommend this book to one and all!
nicolemariereads's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you to Peachtree Publishing and Net Galley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Bird Count is a wonderfully detailed and beautifully illustrated children's book about a young girl who goes bird watching with her mother. This story weaves together nature and childlike wonder in a great way. Not only was it a lovely story to read but the information provided was great for children and adults. This is a great book for people of all ages to remind us to embrace the beauty in nature and to remind us that we can all be "citizen scientists".
Bird Count is a wonderfully detailed and beautifully illustrated children's book about a young girl who goes bird watching with her mother. This story weaves together nature and childlike wonder in a great way. Not only was it a lovely story to read but the information provided was great for children and adults. This is a great book for people of all ages to remind us to embrace the beauty in nature and to remind us that we can all be "citizen scientists".
abigailbat's review against another edition
This beautiful, wintry picture book shows a young citizen scientist participating in the Christmas Bird Count with her mom and their team leader. Birds are drawn accurately and there's a big emphasis on the tools that citizen scientists actually use when doing bird counts - identifying birds by how they sound, how they look, and how they move. This is a super book for young birders. I love that the illustrations show their field notebook on the right side of the page as their tally of identified birds grows throughout the day.
suzannekm's review against another edition
5.0
Great book to introduce the idea of citizen science. I like the way they clearly lay out the rules and the beautiful drawings of birds. Fun to read with a kid who enjoys seek-and-find and counting.
Conversation starter for older kids - why do two people have to see the bird? What happens to all those numbers? What do we learn when all the numbers are put together? Why do it every year?
Conversation starter for older kids - why do two people have to see the bird? What happens to all those numbers? What do we learn when all the numbers are put together? Why do it every year?
jshettel's review against another edition
4.0
A good premise and great tie-in to a "citizen scientist" activity and your own bird count. Illustrations complemented text. Very text-heavy. Side bar notebook with bird talley was fun.