Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis
Rebecca E. Hirsch
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-72843-177-2
Keywords: ecology, silent spring
Tall glass buildings, plastic trash, and widespread planting of nonnative plant species that don't support insects that native birds feed on are among the many threats to birds' survival. Maps, photos, and archival images. Sources, glossary, suggested reading.