Rhyming verses describe many types of bird beaks. Includes factual information about thirty-nine birds found in the Northern Hemisphere.

From Caldecott Honor illustrator Robin Page comes this striking nonfiction STEM picture book exploring the fascinating and surprising ways different kinds of birds use their unique beaks. Birds around the world have so many amazing kinds of beaks! There are short beaks and long beaks, straight beaks and curved beaks, flat beaks and even spoon-shaped beaks. But what do all of these beaks do? Discover how beaks of different shapes and sizes are adapted to help birds sip nectar, make nests, battle for mates, and more!

Young naturalists explore a variety of birds, their habitats, and how their beaks help them build, eat, and survive. From the twisted beak of a crossbill to the color changing bill of a seagull, readers will learn fun facts about how beaks are designed and used as tools by birds of all shapes and sizes. Bright, bold cut-paper illustrations create amazingly realistic tableaus of birds in their natural environments with their beaks in action. Back matter includes a comprehensive quiz, a bibliography, and a list of related websites.

An odd welcome in Ravalli, Montana - a bar brawl, a jail cell and a murder charge. Eagle and two other prisoners escape the cell, steal three horses and disappear into the rugged mountains. A letter containing evidence of a string of baffling crimes is hidden in the saddlebags of one of the stolen horses, and the owner is frantic to have it back. Charges of murder, horse thievery, assaulting an officer of the law, aiding prisoners to escape - a mountain of trouble no innocent man should have to bear. Yet Eagle finds these troubles to be only the beginning.

How the Eagle Got His Beak is a charming children's fable where one encounters animals both heroic and deceitful, but as in all good fables, justice prevails. It is one of Frank Treanor's many stories which captured the imagination of his children, grandchildren, and all those who enjoy a little blarney now and then.

A criminal becomes a secret agent for Sir John Fielding and his Bow Street Runners in this historical novel set in eighteenth century London. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, London is a place of rapid expansion, population growth, and waves of crime like the city has never scene. The blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, otherwise known as “The Blind Beak,” has instigated a new law enforcement organization, the Bow Street Runners, to combat the rise of criminals. Londoner Nick Rathburn is a man of a mysterious birth, who finds his luck coming and going throughout his life. A petty thief, he manages to fight his way out of Newgate Gaol and by some twist of fate, becomes a secret agent for The Blind Beak himself. Meanwhile, as protests against the Catholic Church devolve into the infamous Gordon riots, and Sir John finds himself caught amidst the terrorizing mob, Nick faces death on the gallows at Tyburn . . .