Wetland Birds

This book is part of a larger series of books intended as reading resources for young children. The text is by Jill McDougall, and the photographs were taken by David Burren.

In North America it's published by ETA/Cuisenaire as part of their SunSprouts book series, and in Australia it's published by Era Publications as part of their Wings series. Like many of these books it's available in two sizes, with the larger one typically for use by a whole class.

As one would expect from this sort of book it's fairly short, with around 220 words and 16 pages.

The ISBNs of the Australian editions are: 1-86374-908-X (small), 1-86374-966-7 (big).

Purchasing the book

These books are typically sold directly into schools and libraries, but if you want you can purchase them directly from the publishers. You can purchase:

• the North American edition from ETA/Cuisenaire at this link.
• the Australian edition from Era via their home page.

You can also purchase signed copies directly from David Burren Photography, for AU$8 (plus AU$2 postage within Australia). To purchase via PayPal you can use the following button:

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Bird list

Due to the purpose of the book as a reading resource for a specific reading level, the illustrations are not captioned. In response to queries from friends we're providing a list of the bird names here:

Cover	Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Pages 2/3:	Background:  Pink-eared Ducks (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) Left:  Red-necked Avocets (Recurvitostra novaehollandiae) Right:  Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Pages 4/5:	Left:  Pink-eared Ducks (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) Centre:  Domesticated Duck bottom Right:  Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Pages 6/7:	Pacific Black Ducks (Anas superciliosa)
Pages 8/9:	Left:  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Centre:  Black Swan cygnet (Cygnus atratus) Right:  Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Pages 10/11:	Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Pages 12/13:	Left:  Red-necked Avocet (Recurvitostra novaehollandiae) Right:  Black-winged Stilts (Himantopus himantopus)
Pages 14/15:	Left:  Australian Pelican in breeding colours (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Right:  Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Page 16:	Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

If you have any further questions, don't hestitate to contact me.