Archive for 'Books about crows'
Making a Spectacle by Chris Pilkington
I came across a fantastic limited edition graphic novel about a crow named Jim. It is geared towards children and has a moral story to it. It looks lovely! Anyone know how I can get my hands on a copy?
Posted: May 18th, 2012 under art, Books about crows, Children, Children's Books, Common Crow, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvids, Cover art, Crow, Crow art, Crow collectibles, Crow illustration, crows.
Tags: book about crows, Chris Pilkington, graphic novel, illustration, Making a Spectacle, sketch
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The Crow Zone
I came across an interesting crow-related site today, The Crow Zone. According to the person who runs the site, The Crow Zone:
The blog posts here [on The Crow Zone] are stories sent from visitors to this site, who offer up their own version of the crow/human connection
Posted: April 13th, 2012 under Books about crows, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows.
Tags: crow books, crow sites
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Make a Joyful Noise
Crows make for interesting subjects in art and photography and they also make for meaningful symbols and delightful characters in literature. This is one of my favorite depictions of the magic of crows…
Charles de Lint imagined a pair of crow girls, Zia and Maida, who are mischievous and magical. They are obsessed with shiny objects [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2010 under Books about crows, Corvids, Crow, crows, Crows in literature, Literature.
Tags: Charles De Lint, Charles DeLint, Crow girls, crows in literature, Make a Joyful Noise, The crow girls
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Six Crows by Leo Lionni
This is a story of some clever crows and a clever farmer and even more clever owl as they all try to fight for their own causes. The owl tries to help them see the futility of fighting, of war, in this beautifully illustrated children’s fable. Definitely worth the read!
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Posted: December 3rd, 2010 under art, Books about crows, Fables, folklore.
Tags: Books about crows, children and crow books, crow books, fables, Leo Lionni, Six crows
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Crow book template
You can print this out and use it in your books as a book name template. Or simply enjoy it for the unique quaintness of it.
Posted: November 1st, 2010 under art, Books about crows, crows.
Tags: book name template, crow book template, crows and books
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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
Two of my very dearest things, ravens and books, and a story set in the Pacific Northwest… my home. This is a book about a raven…what better way to introduce children to your love of ravens and crows than reading a good story about them? Here is the official book description,
Raven, the trickster, wants to [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2010 under Books about crows, Children's Books, Raven, ravens, ravens in literature.
Tags: Books about ravens, children's books, raven books
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Crow Call by Lois Lowry
It has been too long since I’ve updated but never fear! I have still been watching crows, reading about them and studying them. I recently spotted a book by Lois Lowry about crows and thought I’d pick it up. It was very sweet indeed. It is for younger children but I read it to my [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2010 under Books about crows, Children's Books.
Tags: Books about crows, children and crows, children's books about crows, crow books, kids and crows, kids books about crows
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