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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

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Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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This is not your ordinary reference book, though it was cited as one of the best reference sources of 2014 by Library Journal. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. Magenellic Penguin, parent and child. (p. ISBN: 9780691162997.

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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

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When my friend Victoria, who lives in Georgia and who is an avid birder but who is not an avid reader of blogs and social media, asked me “Should I buy the new Sibley? Knopf, 2014. Sometimes it takes an unexpected question. Is it different from the old Sibley?” I realized that I was writing this review all wrong. inches, 624 pages.