Just like us! Birds, written by Bridget Heos, reviewed by Anneliese White

Summary: Another book in the Just Like Us! series, this time Heos is back with a book all about birds. Featuring some pretty fun and sometimes grotesque facts, young readers will delight in learning about elaborate bird dancing, building nests called bowers, the bird version of a dirty diaper, and more. In his signature style, illustrator David Clark has whimsical and humorous drawings, which are intermixed with actual photos of birds. This book is full of interesting and fun facts about birds, and helps readers understand that in many ways, birds are not much different from us in their behaviors. It contains a wide plethora of fascinating bird information and is a worthy non-fiction selection. 

Straight Talk for Librarians: After reviewing the Just Like Us! Cats book, the bird version is much much better and would actually be a recommended purchase. This book had much more coherent content, and was more reader friendly for elementary aged students. Again, the fantastic illustrations are a highlight of this book series, and will make readers both young and old smile. This could be used as a research book for fun bird facts, or just an introductory non-fiction text to birds for young students. Although it does not hold enough information on birds themselves and is more of a fun trivia read, it is a great introduction pick and would be definitely popular with young readers.