Fun and Educational Books for Nature-loving CHILDREN - UK

Meet Miss Jordan, the Curious Cockatiel: A True-Life Pet Adventure (Paperback)

Fun and fresh, a true life story of the escapades and antics of a very curious cockatiel and her human companions. For young and old alike, the reader and the audience gets a bird's eye view as Miss Jordan entertains them through the seasons. The story unfolds in prose and rhyming verse everyone can enjoy. Fascinating animal behavior keeps her human companions company and always on guard! Her first brush with serious danger arises when she escapes the confines of her house to the wild freedom of the great out-doors during the first summer. Summer turns to fall and the holidays bring Christmas cookies and company where she is part and parcel of the fun for family and friends. January ushers in the beginning of major cross country travel and of course, plans include a special, spoiled pet bird. Down-sized from her two-story home with vaulted ceilings to a 26-foot travel trailer, unique changes bring amusing behavior. As spring time arrives, the curious cockatiel surprises even herself just days before Easter. Meet Miss Jordan and keep a smile to the very end.

• Reading level: Ages 9-12

Courtney's First Cruise (Courtney travel adventure series)

Paperback

This is about a bird who stows away on a cruiseship and experiences the joys of cruising in the Caribbean

The Adventures of Two Golden Cockatiels (Paperback)

Join Cricket and Skeeter on their adventure to discover that the seeds aren't always better on the other side of the mountain.

A wonderfull book for young children.

Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet

Here's a rumpus, indeed: this beleaguered vet's office may never fully recover from the chaos that ensues when Cassie the cockatoo plucks a hair from the hide of Hairy Maclary ("from Donaldson's Dairy"). This mischievous deed sets in motion a rambunctious, rhyming riot, as various ailing pets all decide to forgo their restraints and cavort in grand fashion. And just as some semblance of order is about to be restored, the culprit seems ready to strike again. This extended poem forms the basis for that relatively rare commodity, a book that tickles the funnybones of parents and children alike. With its amusing alliteration, fanciful names (Noodle the poodle; Barnacle Beasley, the sore and sorely vexed beagle; "The Poppadum kittens from Parkinson Place") and rapid-fire delivery, Dodd's nonsense verse follows quite nicely in the grand tradition of Messrs. Nash and Lear. The pictures are amiably animated and suitably silly, but watch those wonderful waggish words.

Ages 5-7

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Charlie's World: The Improbable Adventures of a Hong Kong Cockatoo and his American Family (Hardcover)

"Charlie's World: The Improbable Adventures of a Hong Kong Cockatoo and His American Family" is an intimate, hilarious and heartbreaking account of a captive wild cockatoo, Charlie, and the quite unusual and prominent family who adopted him. The story stretches from the exotic Far East to the (possibly equally exotic) bedroom community of Scarsdale, New York. For about twenty-five years this surprising and beautiful bird was a part of the lives and conversations of the growing Topping family.

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Birds Dont Say 'Bow-Wow.' (Paperback)

Cockatoos (Red Fox Picture Books) [IMPORT] (Paperback)

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Professor Cockatoo's Amazing Weather Dust (Paperback)

Children's picture book. Large format paperback.

Feathers, Fur and Fins (Paperback)

Feathers, Fur and Fins is a delightful trilogy of highly imaginative stories about a cockatoo, a coyote, and a dolphin respectively. The Moluccan cockatoo named Bikkia finds herself not only separated from her mate but also in captivity in America. With single-minded determination she learns to understand English as she sets out to free herself and be reunited with Hantu Raya in the hope of returning to their native Moluccan island. Bikkia is truly unique as she recounts her stirring adventures to a sympathetic ornithologist in her native tongue. Dr. Z. in turn translates her first-person story - hence, The Moluccan Manuscript.

One, Two, Cockatoo! (Hardcover) by Sarah Garson (Author)

One, two, cockatoo! How many cockatoos can you find hidden in the pages of this gorgeous picture book?

Small children will love learning to count from one to ten, with this counting book and hide-and-seek game rolled into one!

Counting Cockatoos [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Olive Parrot Shares her Birthday (Paperback)

Product Description: Olive Parrot Shares Her Birthday is the ideal book to read aloud to your bird, as a bedtime story, or just during "quality time". Everyone with a companion bird (and anyone who loves birds!) should own this book.

Ratings: 5 out of 5

Tico's Book ~ Lunatico Conure

Tico's Book gives a bird's eye view of life as a pet parrot. Although written for children, the book also appeals to adults who share the experience of having a pet bird. Tico's book is appropriate to be read aloud to younger children. Older readers will have little trouble with Tico's vocabulary. All events recalled in Tico's Book are true -- and not necessarily recommended for other pet birds.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond (Smithsonian's Backyard) ~ Wendy Pfeffer

• Ages 4-8
• Illustrated with attractive, realistic paintings, these titles in the Smithsonian Backyard series follow their animal subjects through a year, from birth to independence
• Although classified as fiction, the series' focus is on the facts, not the stories.