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Timely Take-aways for Life-Long Learning: Birds and Birders

Several new and upcoming books explore the world of birds and birders. From naturalists and scientists to backyard birders, these books explore the wide range of ways people connect with birds.

Best Little Book of Birds: The Oregon Coast
Sarah Swanson, 2022, Timber Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Themes: Nature, Birds

Organized into 25 short chapters, readers learn about bird families found on the Oregon Coast. The first book in a new series of pocket-sized birding guides, this book provides quality photographs, useful icons, and short text blocks with key bird information.

Take-aways: Introduce students to birding through this appealing new field guide series.

Whether helping educators keep up-to-date in their subject-areas, promoting student reading in the content-areas, or simply encouraging nonfiction leisure reading, teacher librarians need to be aware of the best new titles across the curriculum and how to activate life-long learning. - Annette Lamb

As someone who loves the Pacific Northwest, this book was an obvious "need" in my life. The "Best Little Book of Birds," while not a field guide, was a great addition to my collection of things to learn about the region I live. It is intriguing and informational, and each time I went out, this book gave me more to do and enough detail to always teach me something new. A true birder will love this book.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Great timing as I am planning a trip to go birding in Oregon.