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A Busy Day for Birds

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Peck, hop, flap and make some noise in this story full of colour, rhyme and feathered friends!

Flap your wings, fly up high, open your beak and sing in this fun action rhyme story about fantastical birds by multi-award-winning author Lucy Cousins. "Can you imagine ... just for one day ... you're a busy bird? Yes, a bird! Hooray!" Can you stand on one leg like a flamingo or waddle like a penguin? How about say "cock-a-doodle-doo!", "tuwit-tuwoo" and even "tra-la-la"? What a busy day you will have! A bouncy read-aloud book to be enjoyed; beautifully illustrated with bold, bright colours and packed with all sorts of wild and wonderful birds!

ISBN: 9781406367607
Pub Date: 2nd February 2017
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 40

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Wormmcd42 Adult 834 book reviews

21st June '18

I read it to Squirt aged 4 aged 4 & to Squidge aged 1 aged 1

A beautifully bright and happy book that got everyone moving! Full of fun actions of different birds this book was enjoyed by both my girls.

rozochka.pozozchka Adult 10 book reviews

26th October '18

I read it to phinny_pig aged 1 aged 1 & to linky_sausage aged 8 months aged 0

We were given this book by our local library and both my babies love it. The illustrations are bright and colourful, while the language is rich and rhymes beautifully. There are lots of actions to do together while reading.

Pamadew Adult 76 book reviews

6th March '17

I read it to Ewbomb aged 3 aged 3

What a wonderful book this is. My son absolutely loves joining in with the actions and pretending that he's a bird. It's so much fun for little ones and uses lovely bright, colourful illustrations which are really eye-catching. We will certainly be recommending this book to others.

angep1969 Adult 205 book reviews

6th March '17

I read it to LucasChops aged 5 aged 5

As always with Lucy Cousins' books the illustrations in this are just fab. Bright, colourful, fun each and every bird is just full of character. With gentle rhyming words this is a great book to encourage small ones to act like birds! From flapping wings, wiggling bums and laying eggs there is masses of fun to be had. Lucas and I must have looked like complete nutters but it gave me a mini workout too (and that's no bad thing). A fabulous book - I think looking at this before bedtime will be enough to ensure long and deep sleep!

Danika Adult 20 book reviews

23rd January '18

I read it to Effie aged 1 aged 1

We love this book so much my daughter pulls it out of the book case at least twice a day. The beautiful bright pages and illustrations are great for little ones and the rhythm of the book is supper. We love to act out like some of the animals. This book is a firm favourite.

SparklinDiamond Adult 58 book reviews

6th March '17

I read it to Eloise aged 4 aged 4

This book is so much fun! Eloise is loving acting out each of the bird's actions! The rhymes are spot on, and the illustrations are beautiful. Probably the most colourful book I have seen! Love it! Our new fave!

elilpirana Adult 210 book reviews

6th March '17

I read it myself (an adult) & to Laya aged 1 aged 1

A delightful book from Lucy Cousins, the creator of Maisy Mouse.
Perfect combination of rhymic sentences and wonderful pictures.
Our little ones can imagine themselves as swan, flamingo,peacocks and much more while reading this story.
A cheerful and imaginative read aloud book for toddlers.
Love the oversized pages .

ArjanST Aged 5 66 books

6th March '17

ArjanST read it themselves aged 5 aged 5

This is a beautifully illustrated book with a lovely way to teach children about different types of birds. My 5 year old son read this book to my 2 and a 1/2 year old daughter, he loved reading the rhyming sentences and she loved hearing them. I would definitely recommend this book for children aged 2-6. I can see this book becoming a regular bedtime book in our house

EB87 Adult 216 book reviews

9th June '17

I read it to LA12 aged 4 aged 4

Leo was delighted with this big book with all of the shiny birds on the cover. You can't help but read it aloud with sounds and actions - which he loved!

Mrskelly1985 Adult 63 book reviews

20th March '17

I read it to Ckelly2013 aged 3 aged 3

My daughter was very excited when this arrived in the post.

We have read it 3 times since we received it. My daughter listened very carefully the first time we read it. The other 2 times she joined in doing the actions and sounds.

Lovely bright coloured illustrations and a great interactive book. A great addition to anyone's book collection

pauladonegan Adult 165 book reviews

7th March '17

I read it to eric_ aged 3 aged 3

This book has some beautiful and colourful illustrations, with more details than Maisy's books: a success. The way the story goes it invites us to be birds as well, which is so much fun! My son flapped around, hopped, ran, stood on one leg... He did lots of exercises and even cuddled with his mum (win for me). It has an interesting and interactive way of learning what the birds do and how they look like. I think the most perfect age for this book is up to 3 years old.

JennyHolderLiv Adult 26 book reviews

6th November '18

I read it to Eviebobs aged 2 aged 2

This is one of our regular reads and my daughter has now started to ask for this book verbally- “busy day!” It’s a visually stunning book- the colours are vibrant and the birds are childlike and simplified in some ways but also fairly realistic too. The end papers feature all of the birds from the book (awake at the start, asleep at the end- apart from the nocturnal owl) and we always spend a long amount of time looking at these pages and naming the birds. The story itself is fun- there’s lots of opportunities to join in with actions and sound effects. It’s a wonderful book to read aloud and share together.

Rachel C Adult 43 book reviews

15th December '18

I read it to Joel C aged 1 aged 1

We love this book with it's bright and books illustrations and rhyming text. It features lots of different birds and the different things they do in a day from the cockerel going cockadoddledoo in the morning to the owl going twit twoo at night. A really enjoyable read.

BellaCam Aged 6 118 books

6th November '17

BellaCam read it themselves aged 6 aged 6

I love this book. so bright and funny to read. My daughter loved the rhyming and acted out what the birds were up to.

Janine Adult 91 book reviews

9th March '17

I read it to Arya aged 3 aged 3

A beautiful brightly coloured hard backed book. The book has nice big pages on quality paper; the illustrations are so vivid with amazing colours. The book is all about pretending to be a bird, my daughter loved doing this with my husband and I. We all tweeted and flapped and wiggled around the room. The words rhyme which is also a bonus as my daughter enjoys joining in. I would definitely recommend this book especially to children five and under.

NOsborn Adult 1 book review

14th March '17

I read it to EOsborn aged 3 aged 3

We love this book! My daughter loves acting it out and being the different birds! The illustrations are bright and vibrant as expected from Lucy Cousins. The rhymes are great and it's lovely to have a book that my daughter joins in with. The only thing missing is the name of all the birds in the book. It is quickly becoming a favourite although it is definitely not a bedtime book!

ClaireHanke Adult 241 book reviews

10th March '17

I read it to PHanke aged 1 aged 1

What a beautiful book! The illustrations are bright and fun, and we had so many giggles making all the different bird sounds and actions!

Katie-birmingham Adult 636 book reviews

6th June '18

I read it to AvaW aged 4 aged 4

My daughter was given a copy of this book for free at our local library, as they were given some from book start, book trust. I liked that the book was small,great for little hands. My daughter loves animals, do the fact that it was about birds she was very happy about. Each page and illustration was very bright and colourful, eye catching. We liked the rhyming and that it was pretty short and sweet. She also enjoyed looking at the different birds. A lovely book

Mandy2003 Adult 253 book reviews

15th June '18

I read it to Darcm aged 1 aged 1

What a lovely fun and bright book. She loves all the fab illustrations and was so happy pointing them out to us.
We enjoyed it with actions and singing we both enjoyed story time and this is a book we will read again and again.

CathC Adult 209 book reviews

17th March '17

I read it to RC13 aged 4 aged 4

This book is really fun and colourful. It's a great way to learn about different birds. We enjoyed doing the actions along with the birds.

Cecilmgo Adult 234 book reviews

26th August '18

I read it to OA aged 4 aged 4

Lo loves the actions in this book, there is much running, flapping and squawking every time we read it! Lucy Cousins is instantly recognisable to Lo in the library...always attracted to her books. This is a very simple book, amazingly bright illustrations, great for reading to a baby as well as to a toddler and pre-schooler. You can give this as much enthusiasm as required!! Lo also loves ‘reading’ this too!!

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About Lucy Cousins

Lucy Cousins Biography
Lucy Cousins is a British author and illustrator best known for her hugely popular Maisy Mouse series of books. Lucy's first Maisy book was published shortly after she left college and the character now also stars in her own TV show. Lucy won the Bologna Ragazzi Non-Ficti...

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