The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon /
As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2004.
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| Summary: | As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm. |
| Awards: | Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2005. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0618243437 |