The Boy Who Drew Birds

Children's Bookwatch, Jan, 2005

The Boy Who Drew Birds

Jacqueline Davies

Houghton Mifflin

222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116

0618243437 $15.00 www.hmco.com

John James Audubon loved nature and the outdoors as a child, and was determined to study birds in the wild rather than from books even as early as 1804. Jacqueline Davies' lively story of his youth and pioneering attitude will reach grades 3-6 with an excellent survey of his pioneering observational techniques. Drawings by Melissa Sweet provide lovely accompaniment to the story of the naturalist's early years.