What Makes a Bird?

What Makes a Bird?A whimsical, inquiry based meditation on why a bird is a bird In this evocative picture book, a child wanders through nature with one question: what makes a bird a bird? Is it feathers? What about a beak? Could it be wings? With each possible answer, more questions arise. If laying eggs makes a bird a bird, what about turtles, snakes, or fish? If flying is the thing, are penguins still birds? Ultimately, the narrator concludes that a bird is a bird,

shot through with an enigmatic phrase

Charles contends with questions he’s long been afraid to ask

And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room

She is a lifelong activist and philanthropist

children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate

Jade Daniels is an angry

Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller

as if she needs one more complication

Mollie Burkhart

Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all

As head phoenix keeper at a world-renowned zoo for magical creatures

a German by the name of Hans Winter