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Bird Book for Kids: Coloring Fun and Awesome Facts by Andre Sibayan, Katie Henries-Meisner
5.0

A cute little informative coloring book for children. As a kid my preferred coloring books and gifts had some information to learn about, and each bird picture comes with a little description and information for children to learn about.

I liked how there were a wide variety of birds, and it didn't shy away from including vultures (as a former "Weird Kid" I KNOW they'd have been my favorite, especially after learning that they eat dead animals.) The pictures to color in had variety, and were both simple enough to easily color in - but descriptive enough to give any child looking at it an idea of what that bird would look like in real life.

The only thing I think would have been nicer would have been more variety with the pictures for the birds - as it is, both the name page, the coloring page, and the flash cards all have the same bird image. I think as child I'd have preferred some variety in the images, rather than simply coloring the same picture multiple times. Also, I think either the description, or somewhere near the pictures, should have a description of the coloration of the birds so any kid who wants to color them in "properly" has the ability to easily do so.

However, as it is, this strikes me as a good coloring book for a child (whether or not they're particularly interested in birds, as I think this could help kickstart that interest), as well as something that would be a fun thing to include in any gradeschool science class that includes an ornithology lesson.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and Zeitgeist for providing me this arc in exchange for an honest review.