The Curious Book of Birds

Synopsis

The Curious Book of Birds is a children's book which describes the historical details about birds written by the American author Abbie Farwell Brown, whose notable writings include The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, In the Days of Giants, The Lonesomest Doll, John of the Woods, and Heart of New England.

Though there are many books written about birds’ abilities and habits, this book describes the historical information about the birds.  We can learn from this book about why we like some birds; dislike some birds; how birds captured the attention of poets; why some birds are nicknamed by poets.

The chapters contains detailed history of more than 30 birds titled as The Disobedient Woodpecker, Mother Magpie's Kindergarten, The Gorgeous Goldfinch, King Of The Birds, The Forgetful Kingfisher, The Wren Who Brought Fire, How The Bluebird Crossed, The Peacock's Cousin, The Masquerading Crow, The Pious Robin, The Dove Who Spoke Truth, and etc.

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