Monday, March 22, 2010

Busy Birdies by John Schindel


So, yes, I'm a bird lover and writing a novel with birds at the heart, but really, how can you not love Busy Birdies? John Schindel has brought a cute text to totz which is paired with Steven Holt's photo-illustrations.

Aside from the first single image spread, each page holds a double image of birds in action with a rhyming couplet.


Birdie bottoms have to bring a smile to all! And then there are:

Birdies eyeing
Birdies flying
Birdy stretching
Birdy stepping

The colors zing off the page in these gorgeous photos caught by Steven.

Tricycle Press is doing a fantastic job with their contributions to the board book industry. Bravo!

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Busy Birdies
by John Schindel
illustrated by Steven Holt
Tricycle Press, 2010

2 comments:

Joan Holub said...

I like that this is illustrated with photos! Thanks for sharing it, Lorie Ann.

Playing by the book said...

The photos look great! We had fun this morning watching a long tailed tit from our kitchen window - out eating bugs after the rain last night!