Thunder Birds : Nature's Flying Predators

from kberryman44

Arnosky is a premier wildlife artist, and this book highlights his immense artistic skills. I loved the idea of a book that focuses solely on birds of prey and uses illustrations to highlight the many facets of what makes them so deadly. I have this book in my classroom, and my students love to f...

from childrenslitpdx

Thunder Birds is a wonderful overview of the large birds that reside in North America. It delves into eating habits and habitats, hunting practices, as well as size and wingspan. The foldout pages with life size bird heads are a great addition for this book and make it even more interesting for t...

from Mparis

This is an amazing book about predatory birds. Filled with tons of information on these incredible birds, this book is sure to educate and interest any bird lover. The most amazing thing about this book are the detailed life sized paintings of the birds on fold-out pages by Mr. Arnosky. Fabulous!...

from SweetBeeBecky

This was an amazingly-illustrated book that gives informational facts about many types of predatory birds. The fact that it has fold-out pages and illustrations of different parts of the birds drawn life size makes it even more fun for kids to read and from which to glean information! Jim Arnosky...

from ander23

This book was amazing. Focusing on birds of prey, Arnosky painted life-sized parts of birds (all of them were too big to fit on a two or even three page spread) that are detailed and life-like. Some pages open out into three or four panels. For example, the osprey's wing covers two pages and part...