Finches

Children's Literature - Susan Hepler

Part of the "Naturebooks" series, this title describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of finches. Useful features for report-writers are the table of contents, page headings, and a modest index plus captioned and close-up photographs of some of the 153 kinds of finches. Also included are suggestions for attracting finches to your yard. Embedded in text is information about predators, typical foods, egg size and color, and specialized vocabulary such as "camouflage" or "perch," which is then rounded up in a glossary. A well-composed and visually beautiful treatment of the topic.