Pet Parrots Up Close

by Karon Dubke

Overview

Pet parrots have cool body parts that wink, squawk, and glide. Take an up close look at these talkative, fine feathered friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491405819
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Pets Up Close
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Gail Saunders-Smith is an assistant education professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio. She is also an independent staff developer, writer, and editor. She presents nationally at conferences on literacy development and instruction and has written numerous articles, children's non-fiction books, and professional resources. Gail holds a B.S. and M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Kent State University and a M.S. in Administration and Supervision from Youngstown State University. She completed post-graduate work at The Ohio State University and earned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from The University of Akron. Gail is a former classroom teacher, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, and Reading/Language Arts K-12 Supervisor and Coordinator of State and Federal Programs for the Summit County ESC.

While earning her BFA, Karon K. Dubke almost majored in biology. After a few embarrassing lab mishaps, she finished her creative arts degree and has worked for many years at a children’s book publishing company. As a child, Karon discovered that she was allergic to most childhood pets until she was given her first bird. Since then, she has had the privilege of caring for, and some would say obsessing over, many more birds, including a pigeon named Albert. Her newest parakeets, Bert and Ernie, are an endless source of entertainment for her and her very tolerant family.

Table of Contents

Pet parrots — Parrot feathers — Parrot wings — Parrot tails — Parrot eyes — Parrot ears — Parrot noses — Parrot feet — Parrot beaks.

Interviews

Up-close photos, covers Next Generation Science Standards related to life science; Common Core features for Informational Text