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auudrey's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
1.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Sexual content
amynbell's review against another edition
5.0
After reading this, my daughter went from asking, "Mommy, why are you obsessed with pigeons this week?" to asking, "Mommy, can we have some pigeons?" The answer to the first question is that I was reading about Darwin's obsession with the selective breeding of pigeons in [b:The Origin of Species|22463|The Origin of Species|Charles Darwin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1298417570s/22463.jpg|481941]. I had no idea that so many types of pigeons exist beyond the common ones we see in cities. Breeders have paired off pigeons with various desirable attributes until we have hundreds of very distinct beautiful and sometimes strange breeds. There are ones with curly hair, ones with chests puffed out so far that they can't even feed themselves, ones with tail feathers like a turkey, others with fluffy feet, tall ones, tri-colored ones. There are ones that are bred for show and others that are bred for the speed of their homing tendency.
This book is beautifully illustrated and starts with a pigeon-loving woman and pigeon-loving kids educating a pigeon-hating man on a park bench about all the beautiful types of pigeons that exist. In the end, he finds a new appreciation for them. And that's really the point of the book: to bring a new appreciation for a bird that many don't realize is so interesting. The nice thing is that this is a Level 1 reader which is easy for even beginning readers to enjoy on their own. I also like that there's a page of kid extras and a teacher's guide available for this book: http://www.toon-books.com/the-real-poop-on-pigeons.html.
This book is beautifully illustrated and starts with a pigeon-loving woman and pigeon-loving kids educating a pigeon-hating man on a park bench about all the beautiful types of pigeons that exist. In the end, he finds a new appreciation for them. And that's really the point of the book: to bring a new appreciation for a bird that many don't realize is so interesting. The nice thing is that this is a Level 1 reader which is easy for even beginning readers to enjoy on their own. I also like that there's a page of kid extras and a teacher's guide available for this book: http://www.toon-books.com/the-real-poop-on-pigeons.html.
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