Why do you think John James is tying string around the baby bird's leg?ĭid the birds come back after the winter? Were they the same birds? How did John James know? What do you think about the scientists' thoughts on bird migration? Where do you think birds go?
Where did John James live before coming to America? Naturalist - an expert in or student of natural historyĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Hibernated - to spend the winter sleeping or resting
Lichen - a plantlike living thing that is made up of algae and fungus growing together on a solid surface Mayflies - any group of insects that live only a short time as adults and have fragile wings What kind of birds do you see in your neighborhood?ĭetermined - having a strong feeling that you are going to do something and that you will not allow anyone or anything to stop youĬrouched - to lower your body to the ground by bending your legsĬommerce - the buying and selling of goods There is a note about John James Audubon and his work at the end of the book. Capturing the early passion of America’s greatest painter of birds, this story will leave young readers listening intently for the call of birds large and small near their own homes.Ī picture walk through would work well with this book. This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. John James Audubon was a boy who loved the out-of-doors more than the in. Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
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