"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
The latest updated edition of this fact-filled, colorful look at the amazing world of birds includes two brand new illustrations and a call to action to protect these beautiful creatures. In simple yet informative language, A Place for Birds introduces young readers to the ways...
The seabird's cry : the lives and loves of the planet's great ocean voyagers
Nicolson, Adam
Ebook
Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land." A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet...
A season on the wind : inside the world of spring migration
Kaufman, Kenn
Ebook
A close study of one season along Lake Erie that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. "Kenn Kaufman knows his birds and their miraculous journeys--and he feels them deeply, too. An enlightening, thought...
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
New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades...

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