"A Window Into Migration" Bird Migration and Light Pollution

In October 2024, GVPL hosted "A Window Into Migration," a large scale art installation drawing attention to the impacts of light pollution on bird migrations. Learn more about this important topic from these great reads for all ages!

Updated November 8, 2024
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Bird atlas : amazing facts, fold-out maps, and life-size surprises
De la Bédoyère, Camilla
Paper Book
Take to the skies and meet the world's most amazing birds. Navigate your way across the continents using colour-coded maps and discover birds of prey, birds of paradise, aquatic birds and more. Kids can open full-page gatefolds and lift smaller flaps to reveal surprises and fascinating glimpses...
A place for birds
Stewart, Melissa.
Paper Book
In simple yet informative language, A Place for Birds introduces young readers to the ways human action or inaction can affect bird populations and opens kids' minds to a wide range of environmental issues. Describing various examples, the text provides an intriguing look at birds, at the ecosystems...
What's inside a bird's nest? : and other questions about nature & life cycles
Ignotofsky, Rachel
Paper Book
Discover the next nonfiction picture book about eggs, nests, and birds from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, Rachel Ignotofsky! Want to learn more about the bird that chirps outside your window? Ignotofsky crafts a perfect read out loud...
A world on the wing : the global odyssey of migratory birds
Weidensaul, Scott
Paper Book
In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations--how billions of birds...

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