Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City

by Barbara Bash and Sierra Club Books

Book Overview

On window ledges and underneath bridges, on statues and inside streetlights, birds such as barn owls, finches, pigeons and crows make their homes right in the heart of the city. Through watercolour illustrations the author-artist attempts to capture this hidden world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316083062
• ISBN13: 9780316083065
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

a lovely book

This book has been around for a while (published in 1990) but it is a wonderful and intriguing topic -- how wild birds manage to find places to live and thrill in the city. Beautiful illustrations help to tell the story of all the amazing places and ways that city birds build their nests. Text is rich in information. Any child, young or old, will find this book fascinating, but a city-dwelling child will particularly enjoy it.

great for young animal lovers

This book was featured on Reading Rainbow. It explains with detailed illustrations how birds live in the city. I found it an interesting subject, and so did my 18 month old child. I am sure a child of any age will enjoy it.