Category: Books
This follow-up to the celebrated World Without Fish will awaken readers to the extraordinary beauty and uniqueness of birds, the monumental challenges to their survival—and what humans can do to help.
My kid started pointing out every bird in the backyard after we finished this together, which says more than any review could. The illustrations and the section on what everyday people can actually do make it feel hopeful instead of just depressing.
I picked this up after loving the first book, and the illustrations of different bird species are genuinely stunning. It lays out the threats to their survival without ever feeling preachy, and the section on what we can actually do left me weirdly hopeful.
My kid started pointing out every bird in the backyard after we finished this, which says a lot. The section on what ordinary people can actually do to help was the part that stuck with me most.
