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100 1 _aWright, Mabel Osgood,
_d1859-1934
245 1 0 _aCitizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2004-04-01
508 _aE-text prepared by Margaret Macaskill and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners" by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues is a nature-themed book written in the late 19th century. The book integrates education about bird life with engaging narratives, making it suitable for young readers and bird enthusiasts. The central topic revolves around understanding the lives and roles of various birds, emphasizing their importance in nature and our ecosystem, highlighting characters like Dr. Roy Hunter, his family, and their interactions with birds. At the start of the book, a group of swallows is introduced, discussing their concerns about the return of the human inhabitants to Orchard Farm, which threatens their nesting habits. As the swallows express their worries, we also get introduced to the children of Dr. Roy Hunter—Nat, Dodo, and Olive—who engage in lively conversations about birds and their characteristics. The children are eager to learn and explore, leading them to the Doctor's "wonder room,” filled with bird specimens. The initial chapters set the stage for a deeper exploration of avian life, focusing on the bonds between the bird and human worlds, while also cleverly embedding lessons about nature in an engaging, family-friendly narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBirds -- Juvenile literature
700 1 _aCoues, Elliott,
_d1842-1899
700 1 _aFuertes, Louis Agassiz,
_d1874-1927
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11896
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