Love Birds - by Jane Yolen (Hardcover)

About the Book

A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.

Book Synopsis

From Jane Yolen, the author of the Caldecott Award-winning book Owl Moon, comes a friendship story about a bird-loving boy who meets a bird-loving girl in the picture book Love Birds, featuring illustrations by Anna Wilson.

Jon loved to listen to birdsong. Bright cardinals, cawing crows, chatty chickadees, wrens, and jays; barn swallows and doves' lullabies. He especially loved to listen to owls.

One night when an owl hoots, throaty and lovely, the boy hoots back in a duet. And when another owl responds from the nearest pines, the bird-loving boy discovers it's not a bird at all. Sometimes the best song is the sound of a new friend.

"Feathers and friendship make for a good pairing in this gentle ode to appreciating both."--Kirkus Reviews

Review Quotes

"Feathers and friendship make for a good pairing in this gentle ode to appreciating both."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Jane Yolen is the children's book author of hundreds of beloved and bestselling books, which have garnered numerous awards, including the Caldecott Award for Owl Moon. Yolen herself was awarded the 2022 American Library Association's Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award. She lives in Massachusetts. Anna Wilson is a fine artist and illustrator. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband, an ornithologist.