What Is A Bird? (science Of Living Things)

The Science of Living Things series helps children understand that they are as connected to trees, rocks, and weather as the animals that live outdoors This important series helps define the basic concept of life and investigates the incredible world of living things. Each book explores a basic scientific concept or animal using:
-- easy-to-understand text
-- clearly labeled diagrams
-- exciting, full-color photographs

All birds are warm-blooded, have wings, a beak, feathers and a backbone. There are, however, over 9,000 species of birds in the world so all birds are not the same. What is a Bird? describes in a clear, simple way:
-- a bird's body
-- facts about beaks, feet, and feathers
-- how birds fly and why some can't
-- where different birds live and what they eat
-- eggs and chicks
-- bird songs