A Bird in Hand

This picture book story of John James Audubon was nice, but the illustrations thrilled me to the core. Absolutely lovely.


(We printed this image to add to our circle time notebook.)

and (gorgeous, gorgeous!):

We are attempting to sketch birds for our nature journal, but the preliminary stages aren’t very attractive. It will take a lot of practice, though I realize I shouldn’t expect Audubon quality from myself (never quite took to drawing or painting) and a six year old boy. Grin.