Frank Carlson Library

"Having a bird for a pet is a big responsibility! Readers will learn about what birds need, like a safe cage, fresh food and water, and fun toys. This is a Level 1 title and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." -- Amazon.com

Presents three previously published works about a pet raven named Mortimer, who talks, eats everything in sight, and causes all sorts of trouble.

Presents information on the habitat, physical characteristics, habits, and diet of parrots, cockatoos, and other large birds frequently kept as pets.

Describes some of the kinds of birds that make good pets and provides information on how to feed, house, care for, and train them.

Presents general information about birds and discusses parakeets, canaries, parrots, cockatiels, myna birds, finches, and Java ricebirds as pets.

The true story of a baby finch rescued and raised by the author and his wife. Stellina was a bird: "Cheep", a very little bird: "cheep!cheep!" So begins critically acclaimed author Matteo Pericoli's all-true story of how he and his wife, Holly, came to rescue and raise a little finch, Stellina, in the middle of New York City. When no zoo would take the abandoned bird, fallen from her nest onto a busy street, Holly took her home and gave her the best...