Bird Books For Storytime
Most Popular Bird Books
For Preschool Kids
Owl Book
I'm Not Cute!
I'm Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen
What a cute little baby owl, ut-oh he doesnt want to be called cute or little he wants to be known as a huge and scarey hunting machine! He is frustrated as no one sees him this way, or at least not until momma owl says what he wants to hear as she has him lay down for a much needed nap.
Owl Book
Little Lost Owl
Little Lost Owl By Chris Haughton
Oh no! Little Owl has fallen from his nest and landed with a thump on the ground. Now where is his mommy? Who will help him? Will his new friend Squirrel help him find his mommy? Squirrel tries to help owl find his mommy owl, but when he says his mommy is big squirrel shows him a bear, or when baby owl says mommy has pointy ears he takes him a bunny. Where can mommy owl be? Will squirrel find baby owl's mommy? Read this cute book to find out.
Bird Book
Grumpy Bird
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play. Too grumpy even to fly. He walks past a Sheep, a rabbit, a raccoon, a beaver and a fox who also could use a walk but grumpy bird is not being very nice to them. Grumpy bird just gets grumpier and grumpier! But after awhile a nice little walk and some friends around helps grumpy bird overcome his grumpy mood.
This book can be purchased as a kindle book in English.
It is also available in French as a printed book, Gros grognon, Gros dodo and Gros bobo
If you liked this book, you may want to check out more books in this series such as Hungry bird, Sleepy bird and Boo hoo bird.
Bird Book
Boo Hoo Bird
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Bird and Raccoon are playing ball when Bird gets hit on the head and starts to cry. Bird's friends the raccoon, rabbit, beaver, sheep, and fox all try to think of ways to make him feel better such as a kiss, A cookie, A Band-Aid and other ways to comfort him, can you think of something that may make bird feel better?
Bird Book
Are you my mother?
Are you my mother? by P. D. Eastman
A mommy bird sees that her egg is about to hatch and she hurries off for some food her little one. As soon as she flies away to find food the baby bird hatches and wonders Where is my mommy? Baby bird tries to find his mother. But oh no he doesnt know what she looks like. So baby bird ask different animals if they are his mother. Will baby bird ever find his mommy?
Owl Book
Wow! Said the owl
Wow! Said the owl by Tim Hopgood
A little owl decides to stay up all day so he can see what it's like in the daytime. And what does little owl see? Wow said the owl as she saw the yellow sun, wow said the owl as she saw the white fluffy clouds, wow said the owl as she saw green leaves. The kids will love say Wow with the owl as the owl checks out all kinds of new colors.
Farm Animal Book
We're Going On A Picnic
We're Going On A Picnic By Pat Hutchins
Duck, Hen, and Goose are going on a picnic. Hen picked the berries, goose picked the apples, and duck picked the pears and they put them into the picnic basket. Then they headed out for their picnic. "Were going on a picnic!" they sang as they walked across the field." Hen, goose and duck can't agree on the perfect place, and soon three other forest friends, a mouse, a squirrel, and a rabbit are secretly following them. Pretty soon the food starts to disappear, where did the food go?
Duck Book
Hey, Duck!
Hey, Duck! by Carin Bramsen
A cute little duck who thinks he sees another duck but is acutally a cat. It's such a cute book, the little duck says hey duck why is your tail so long, and hey duck why do you walk like that, this book is super cute story to read to young children.
Duck Book
One Duck Stuck
One Duck Stuck by Jane Chapman
Who can help the stuck duck out of the mud? Two fish? Three moose? Four crickets? No Luck, help, help, who can help? Count all of the animals who come to the rescue the stuck duck in this counting book.
Duck Book
Duck Sock Hop
Duck Sock Hop By Jane Kohuth
A cute rhyming story that preschool age children are sure to enjoy!
Children are sure to giggle when they see these silly ducks wearing colorful socks! These ducks have lots of colorful socks in a sock box.
The ducks are excited to get dressed up in socks with dots or moons or shapes or spoons are just a few of the different types of socks that these dancing ducks wear to the sock hop!
They are getting ready for the duck sock hop at it only comes around once a week. The music starts so they need to get ready to go!
Hen Book
The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton
Little red hen is making bread. She asks her friends to help but she ends up doing all the work herself. Poor hen! Not one of her friends was willing to help.
That is, not until it was time to eat the bread. Now everyone is ready to help! The duck, pig, and cat all want to eat the bread. Uh-oh! They weren't willing to help make the bread. What will happen? What would you do? Would you let them eat the bread?
Bird Book
Feathers For Lunch
Feathers For Lunch By Lois Ehlert
Uh-Oh, the cat got out and won't come back! He's hungry and he's looking for something to eat. Meow! I wonder what he will find to eat. What do you think the cat will decide to have for a treat? Luckily it is not the birds he finds. He only collects the bird’s feathers. This book includes a colorful bird guide.
Farm Animal Book
Barnyard Dance
Barnyard Dance Board Book by Sandra Boynton
With a cluck and an oink and a moo, moo, moo these barn yard animals know what to do! These loveable farm animals have fun dancing in this adorable children's story.
Hen Rhyming Book
A Big Fat Hen
A Big Fat Hen by Keith Barker
Children will learn to count to ten while listening to a popular children's rhyme. Starting with one, two buckle my shoe and ending with nine, ten big fat hen. Colorful pictures will help to teach the children this cute counting rhyme.
Bird Book
My Spring Robin
My Spring Robin by Anne Rockwell
This book is about a little girl who is getting excited that spring is here, and now that spring is here she is looking for her special robin. The robin that she is looking for sang to her last summer. Her father told her that the robin would return in the spring.
This book would also make a good read at science time, as this book will teach children about different seasons and things you may see during the spring time from bees to trees!
Bird Book
In The Nest
In the Nest by Anna Milbourne
This book would be nice to read during your preschool science learning time. It will help to teach children basic information about birds. What birds eat such as seeds and bugs, that birds build nests, lay eggs, and how they grow feathers after birth. The book is short with really good illustrations. This book will show children the entire life-cycle of a bird.
Bird Book
Birds
Birds by Kevin Henkes
This is a story about a girl who really loves birds. In this story children will hear about all the different colors that birds may come in. Children will learn all about birds and the different things they can do.
Can you sing like a bird? The girl in this story can. If you love birds you'll love this book. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a bird? So does the little girl in this story.
Bird Book
I heard said the bird
I Heard Said the Bird by Polly Berrien Berends
I heard, said the bird, that there's a new one coming. But what is the new one going to be? Is it a baby duck? Or a baby pig? This is a cute rhyming story that takes place in a barnyard. This book is now out of print but you may be able to find it in your local library.
Bird Book
The Best Nest
The Best Nest (beginner books) by P.D. Eastman
Mr. Bird love's to sing about his home. Wouldn't you if you lived in a beautiful nest? Unfortunately Mrs. Bird does not feel the same way about her home as Mr. Bird does. Uh-Oh! So they fly off in search of a new home and it becomes quite an adventure for Mr. & Mrs. Bird. Where do you think they will find a new home?
Bird Book
Flap Your Wings
Flap Your Wings (beginner books) by P.D. Eastman
Mr. & Mrs. Bird come home to find a giant egg in their nest. What could be inside this egg? It is definitely not a bird and when it hatches it cannot fly. It has lots of very sharp teeth. Luckily, this story has a happy ending for everyone. Flap your wings and open this book to enjoy a silly story that the little ones are sure to love.
Bird Book
Busy Birds
Busy Birdies By John Schindel
What do birds do all day? Find out in this very colorful story with pictures of real birds. Birds nibble and dribble and fly away. Are you ready to try this story today?
Goose Book
Gossie
Goosie By Olivier Dunrea
Uh-Oh! Gossie lost her red boots. Can you help Gossie find her favorite red boots? She really likes to wear them every day! She wears her red boots all the time! Gossie looks everywhere for her red boots in this fun children's book. She looks under, over and all around.
Duck Book
The Odd Egg
The Odd Egg By Emily Gravett
All the birds had laid an egg all except for duck! Duck is sad until he finds a really neat looking egg. He finds a giant egg! Way bigger than a normal duck egg. The other birds don't like the egg that duck has found. They think his egg looks odd! Duck is very happy about his egg. Duck is still happy even after he discovers that it is not a duck that hatches from his found egg! What do you think could be ready to hatch out of this giant egg? I'll give you a hint. It is not a bird and it does not have feathers. Any guesses?
Bird Book
Shh We Have A Plan
Shh We Have A Plan By Chris Haughton
In this story there are four people who look like they may be brothers who are walking through the woods with their nets. The brothers are called one, two, three and four. One is the littlest one and he sees a bird and says hello to the bird. When the other three say shh, we have a plan. Ready one, ready two, ready three, and go! THey are trying to catch a pretty red bird. But each time they get close to catching him, one messes up their plan. very simple cute story for young children.
Duck Book
Just A Duck?
Just a Duck? By Carin Bramsen
Cat and Duck are friends. Duck wants to do everything that the cat does.However, climbing trees and swatting at leaves is not very easy for a little duck. Cute book to read to young children.
Owl Book
Night Owl
Night Owl By Toni Yuly
Night owl says good night to the sun, he hoots at the moon, and then he looks for mommy. Where is mommy? He listens.. tap, tap, tap is that mommy owl? What else does baby owl hear?
Bird Book
Telephone
Telephone By Mac Barnett
It's time for Peter to fly home for dinner! His mother and some other birds are all sitting on a long telephone wire. So mommy bird gives the bird next to her a message for little peter and she ask her to pass the message along from bird to bird until the message reaches little Peter. But the message keeps getting changed from bird to bird. Will Peter ever get the message to go home for his dinner tonight? Fun silly book for young children.
Owl Book
Hoot Owl
Hoot Owl By Jean Jullien
Hoot Owl is hungry and on the prowl to find something to eat. He makes himself disguises to try and get close to what he wants to eat, he disguises himself as a carrot to get close to the bunny but that doesnt work, but that doesnt stop him, as he is a wise owl and he looks for something else to eat. It is an entertaining book, it is a bit dark but the kids just seem to think the book is silly. Find out what the owl finally catches, will it be a pizza? Read the book to find out.
Owl Book
I'm Not Scared
I'm Not Scared By Jonathan Allen
Duck Book
Hello My Name Is Ruby
Hello My Name Is Ruby By John Schindel
Bird Book
Peck Peck Peck
Peck Peck Peck By Lucy Cousins
Bird Book
The Baby Beebee Bird
The Baby Beebee Bird By John Schindel
Bird Book
Froodle
Froodle By John Schindel
Bird Book
Cuckoo
Cuckoo By John Schindel
Penguin Book
Five Little Penguins Slipping On The Ice
4. Five Little Penguins Slipping On The Ice by Steve Metzger
Owl Book
In My Tree
In My Tree By John Schindel
Bird Book
George Flies South
George Flies South By John Schindel
Owl Book
Owl Babies
Owl Babies By John Schindel
Bird Book
Zingy
Zingy By John Schindel
Bird Book
Over In The Meadow
Over In The Meadow By John Schindel
Bird Book
I Kissed The Baby
I Kissed The Baby By John Schindel
Duck Book
Little Quack
Little Quack By John Schindel
Bird Book
Ricki's Birdhouse
Ricki's Birdhouse By John Schindel
Free Download - Our bird color match up game is located in our printable page area, near the bottom of this page.
Bird Activity
Free Printable Page
Bird Puzzle
Teaching your children to count? Here is a fun way to encourage preschool children to count to the number four with this cute bird number printable puzzle that helps teach counting skills.The bird printable page math activity will help children to learn their numbers 1 – 4.
Free Printable Page - Our bird number puzzle is located in our free printable pages, near the bottom of this page.
Bird Theme
Free Printable Cutting Page
Bird Pompom Match
Teaching your children their colors or reviewing their colors? Here is a fun way to encourage preschool children to learn their colors with this cute bird color game where the children will match up pompoms to the colored circles on the bird.
Free Printable Page - Our pompom bird color match up is located in our free printable pages, near the bottom of this page.
Bird Theme
Free Printable Cutting Page
Bird Cut & Paste Activity
Do the children in your care need extra help in learning to cut? We have a free bird printable activity page for teaching young children to cut and glue.
This is a fun simple activity for the children to cut out the five birds and paste them to the matching birds on the bird printable page.
The children will cut out, 2 birds, a goose, a penguin and a parrot.
This fun bird worksheet is a free sample from our preschool bird lesson plans..
Free Printable Page - Our bird cut and paste printable page is located in our free printable pages, near the bottom of this page.
Bird Lesson Plans
August Week 1
Bird Lesson Plans
Preschool August Curriculum
If you enjoyed our free samples shown above you will love our preschool lesson plans for children 2.5 to 6 years of age.
We offer a full year of preschool curriculum broken down into four weekly themed lesson plans.
You can purchase our preschool curriculums by the month or by the year.
Please view more of our free samples from our bird week lesson plans.
We have lots of fun activities {with and without printable pages} included in our preschool curriculum lesson plans.
You can view our bird lesson plans which are available {in our August preschool curriculum}.
Our August preschool curriculum offers four weekly themes{Birds, Nursery Rhymes, Picnics & BBQ’s & Dinosaurs}.
Bird Activity
How Many Ducks?
How Many Ducks Worksheet
How many ducks are on the worksheet? Have the children count the ducks with you. After the children have finished counting the ducks have them color the ducks. Next, have the children find the 5's on the bottom of the page and trace them with their finger and then have them trace the 5's with a crayon or marker.
This worksheet is included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Preschool Owl Mask
Make An Owl Mask
Let's make an owl mask is an excellent way to stimulate children’s minds. Children will create their own owl mask.
Later in the day the childreny will use their owl mask to play a fun game. This game will help them to learn that owls say hoo!
The owl mask directions are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Preschool Printable Page
Bird Puzzle
Children will enjoy learning their shapes with this fun bird puzzle. Children with match up the square, circle, rectangle and the triangle with birds inside the shapes. There are four of these puzzle boards to print out, each puzzle board has four different birds inside the shapes, this fun learning activity will help to teach the children different names of birds such as penguin, turkey, duck, etc along with these four shapes. Directions for this activity are included in our bird lesson plans.
The bird shape puzzle is included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activities
Bird – Egg Craft
Bird – Egg Craft
Children will have fun painting the bird and egg while learning that baby birds hatch out of eggs.
The baby bird and egg directions are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
BIrd Letter Match Up
Bird Letter Match Up
Teacher will show the children how to match up the correct letters to the bird card.
We have included the entire alphabet for this bird activity. There are 13 bird letter cards, the bird cards have 4 letters on each page for the children to match up the different letters to the bird letter cards. This circle time letter activity will help children to learn their letters.
The bird letter match up cards are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Preschool Science
Parts Of A Bird
Bird Science For Kids
Print out the printable pages above above to show the children during science time. Show the children the different parts of a bird from beak to tail.
Picture 1 – Teacher will show the children the different colored body parts of the bird with this full color poster. This bird poster will make it easy for children to be able to find and see each colored area on the bird.
Picture 2 – This picture shows the bird’s tail in color. This picture will make it easy for the children to see exactly where the bird’s tail is located.
Picture 3 – This picture shows the bird’s wing. This picture will make it easy for the children to see exactly where the bird’s wing is located.
Picture 4 – The black and white poster is for the children to color. Ask the children if they can point to the bird’s wing, and then ask them to color the birds wing green.
This is an early science activity for young minds to see, learn and remember all the different parts of a bird.
The bird science printable pages shown above are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Duck Letter Match Up
Duck ABC Match Up
Our cute little duck will help the children to learn their letters A through M.
Children will have fun completing this fun ABC game and seeing the progress they make in mastering the beginning alphabet letters.
The duck letter match up shown above is included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Bird Counting Game
Bird Counting Game
Children will play a game where they will the worms in this fun “hands on” activity.
The “bird counting game” is a fun math activity for children. This fun educational activity will encourage preschoolers to count.
The how many worms game directions are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Preschool Letters
Bird Letters Coloring
The children will find the letter R and color it red, then they will find the letter S and color it blue and then they will the letter T and color it black.
Fun activities such as coloring the letters on this printable page will help to stimulate children’s brains into learning the letters. Teacher will ask the children to point out different letters on the coloring page. This will help to reinforce the letters they are learning.
The bird letters printable page shown above is included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Theme
Preschool Owl Craft
Bird Cards
The children will have fun playing different games with these printable bird cards. They can play a game of memory or go fish with the bird cards.
The bird cards shown above is included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Peacock Craft
Make A Peacock
Children will have making a peacock craft this week. Children will use a toilet paper roll and different colors of feathers, circle stickers and glue.
The peacock craft directions are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Bird Activity
Bird Letter Tiles
Bird Letter Tiles
The children will match up letter tiles to the color words on the bird letter cards. This is a fun letter activity for children to learn their color words such as brown shown above.
There are ten bird cards showing how to spell out different colors on the cards.
Young preschoolers will not know the words but they can still have fun matching up the letters and older preschool children can have fun learning that these letters spell out words such as brown, black, red, yellow, etc.
The bird letter boards are included in our bird lesson plans which can be found in our Preschool August curriculum, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the link to view or purchase.
Preschool Lesson Plans
Bird Week Poster
Bird Week Poster
Our August preschool curriculum is broken down into four weekly themed lesson plans.
Week 1 – Bird Week
Week 2 – Nursery Rhymes Week
Week 3 – Picnics & BBQ’s Week
Week 4 – Dinosaur Week
Each month purchased has 4 weeks of lesson plans and 4 posters to print out, the poster is paper size, which you can easily print from your printer.
You can place the bird poster on your bulletin board next to the bird weekly calendar, showing what activities the children will be doing this week.
You can view our bird lesson plans which are available {in our August preschool curriculum}
by scrolling down to the bottom of this page and clicking on the link.
Bird Theme
Printable Calendar
Bird Week Calendar
Our August preschool curriculum is broken down into four weekly themed lesson plans.
Week 1 – Bird Lesson Plans
Week 2 – Nursery Rhymes Lesson Plans
Week 3 – Picnics & BBQ’s Lesson Plans
Week 4 – Dinosaur Lesson Plans
For each month purchased you will receive 4 weeks of lesson plans. Each month of lesson plans has 4 calendars to print out, the calendar will show the daily activities {Monday - Friday}, extra calendars can be printed out and sent home with the children so the parents can view all the fun learning activities that the children will be able to participate in throughout the week.
You can view our preschool bird lesson plans which are available {in our August preschool curriculum}
by scrolling down to the bottom of this page and clicking on the link.
Free Bird Activities
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Bird Theme
Preschool Lesson Plans
Click Here - Preschool August Lesson Plans
Click the link above to view or purchase our August preschool curriculum, which includes four weeks of lesson plans.