Forest animals help an injured nightingale survive the winter in a comforting story of friendship and resilience, lyrically told and gorgeously illustrated. As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter—all except for a nightingale with a broken wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it’s never had to experience before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to frosty conditions help the nightingale navigate the cold as its wing heals. Though the unfamiliar season proves challenging, and even a little scary at times, the nightingale discovers there’s beauty to be found in even the harshest weather—and with that comes newfound gratitude for the return of spring. Kate Banks weaves a story of perseverance and kindness, brought beautifully to life by Suzie Mason’s stunning artwork.

A stubborn little bird, staying behind when the other birds go south for the winter, learns about the strange world of the carousel horses.

Discover birds who survive winter against all odds in this poetic, gorgeously illustrated picture book Snowflakes whirling, snow-flocks swirling, streaks of white twirl through the night . . . You’ve heard of birds who migrate to warmer climates in the wintertime—but what about those who persevere through snowy weather and freezing temperatures? With elegant verse and striking illustrations, Snow Birds salutes the brave and resourceful birds who adapt to survive the coldest months.

Eight-year-old Mayken works at her mothers inn, one winter day she is ice skating and finds an injured bird and nurses it back to health.

Marty McBird soon realizes he should have flown south with the other birds when winter storms arrive.

Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean’s experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the “sustaining body” into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.

This is the sequel to "The Magical Bird Beach of Long Island." When the summer birds leave this beach on Long Island's South Shore, new birds arrive for the winter and this book provides a fun way to help children (and their parents) learn a bit about these beautiful winter birds, their unique beauty and talents. The lead character in the story is the Snowy Owl who organizes a Talent Show of Wings so the nine other birds featured can show off their skills. All the images in the book where taken by the author, an award winning wildlife photographer, on a specific beach on Long Island. Using real images makes the birds come alive and will help inspire a sense of amazement of the nature we take for granted on our very own beaches. The book is designed to be both educational and fun-to-read tugging at both hearts and minds.