The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon

This illustrated book focuses on the young John Audubon’s interest in migrating birds and depicts his attempts to determine whether some birds return to the same nest each spring. The book blends historical information with a description of the process a naturalist goes through to investigate a “mystery” of nature.

Barnes and Noble Description is below:
John James Audubon was a boy who loved the out-of-doors more than the in. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring.

This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds.