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When Amos the hippopotamus advertises for a bird to help him with his bug problem, the tick bird who answers his ad creates a different set of problems for him by building a nest on Amos's head.

A man befriends a little bird and learns about noticing the small things in life. About keeping our eyes open for the little ways that make every day different, unique, and a day to be treasured.

In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story. En este cuento folklórico Cubano, un gallito mandón se ensucia el pico cuándo come un granito be maíz y tiene que limpiarselo antes de la boda de tío Perico. Incluye un glosario de palabras...

In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head -- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.

When Will finds a bird with a broken wing, he takes it home and cares for it, hoping in time it will be able to return to the sky.