Bright Birds: and their brilliant brains

Kate Read

Apr 2025 · Pan Macmillan

Ebook

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This book will become available on April 3, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

Full of fascinating facts about just how clever birds can be, Bright Birds will delight the whole family. From bowerbirds to blue tits, parrots to pigeons, fairy wrens to fork tailed drongos, a bird brain may be small, but it is mighty. Learn about the crows in Japan using passing cars to crack nuts, the woodpecker finches in the Galapagos creating their own foraging tools, or the herons who use bread as bait for fishing. Covering everything from migration to nest-building, you'll never look at our feathered friends in the same way again.

Full of Kate Read's richly detailed collage colour illustrations and a foreword by Megan McCubbin, this beautiful book makes the perfect gift for anyone interested in the natural world.

About the author

Kate originally trained as a theatre designer and textile artist but her work has always involved playing with cut paper as well as drawing. She has an MA from the prestigious Cambridge School of Art, and is the recipient of several awards in the UK and USA for her picture books including One Fox, Boo!, The Littlest Elephant and The Big Bad Bug. Kate lives in East Anglia with her family.

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