Pigeons

Author: Andrew D. Blechman
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702236419
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications for every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. One delivered the results of the first Olympics in 776 BC and another brought the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo more than 2500 years later. Charles Darwin relied heavily upon them to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today the pigeon is reviled as a rat with wings. How did we come to misunderstand one of humanity's most steadfast companions?In Pigeons, Andrew D. Blechman travels across the United States and Europe in a quest to chronicle the bird's transformation from beloved friend to feathered outlaw.

Perfect Pigeons

Author: Katherine Battersby
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534457828
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
One plucky pigeon dares to fly against the flock in this brightly illustrated, laugh-out-loud picture book about embracing the things that make us different. A colorful flock of pigeons pride themselves on their perfect unity. All except one: a bespectacled pigeon who is happiest doing its own thing. While the flock all looks the same, this pigeon enjoys wearing cowboy boots. While the flock flies in perfect formation, this pigeon soars like a superhero. When the flock finally confronts their contrary friend, they learn a thing or two about true perfection—and that we don’t all have to be the same to belong together.

Real Pigeons Fight Crime

Author: Andrew McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780755501335
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The bestselling and highly illustrated children's books series, soon to be hitting screens everywhere as an animated film and TV show with Nickelodeon and produced by James Corden. Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!

It's a Busload of Pigeon Books! (NEW ISBN)

Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9781484725849
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can't wait to devour it. But then along comes a sly duckling who wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?

The Global Pigeon

Author: Colin Jerolmack
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600192X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance—if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the “pigeon wars” waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.

Rootabaga Stories

Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709490X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245

Book Description
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.

Real Pigeons Flex Feathers

Author: Andrew McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760506858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! The REAL PIGEONS use PIGEON POWERS to fight crime, solve mysteries and help creatures in the city. But when CONCRETE starts mysteriously MELTING in the city, a FEATHER-SNATCHER goes on a plucking-spree and an EVIL HAT has a plan to CLONE the Real Pigeons, our feathered heroes are going to need more than just PIGEON POWERS to save the day! No-one can protect a city like Rock, Frillback, Tumbler, Homey and Grandpouter. Crime-fighting has never been so COO! Nickelodeon is developing an animated movie and TV series based on REAL PIGEONS FIGHT CRIME, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! With over 200,000 books in print and legions of fans worldwide, the REAL PIGEONS series is perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Every book contains THREE hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries! Shortlisted for the 2019 Readings Children's Book Prize and the 2019 & 2020 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children.

Real Pigeons Eat Danger (Book 2)

Author: Andrew McDonald
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593119495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s—wait, it really IS a bird! Take another look, because what looks like an ordinary pigeon might just be a hero saving your butt! The high-flying adventures continue in book 2 of this hilarious illustrated series perfect for fans of BAD GUYS and DOG MAN. What do Real Pigeons do? They EAT DANGER, of course! This squad of crime-fighting feathered friends is nonstop action and nonstop laughs. Watch them as they infiltrate a secret warehouse full of bottled birds and take down a truly criminal ostrich. The DANGER is REAL. And so are the REAL PIGEONS.

A Feathered River Across the Sky

Author: Joel Greenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620405369
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
This beautifully written cautionary tale reveals how passenger pigeons have become extinct and how no series effort was made to protect this species that inspired awe in the likes of John James Audubon, Henry David Thoreau and James Fenimore Cooper until it was too late.

Real Pigeons Get Bready

Author: Andrew McDonald
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1743587147
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
Get BREADY for the sixth hilarious adventure in the best-selling REAL PIGEONS series! Can the Real Pigeons save the day when they're the ones getting crumbed? The REAL PIGEONS are a team of crime-fighters who battle baddies wherever they go! But fighting crime is hard when the city mayor has BANNED all birds, a BREAD MONSTER is on the loose and EVIL BUNNIES are taking over ... This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading Time Read the whole REAL PIGEONS series now: Real Pigeons Fight Crime Real Pigeons Eat Danger Real Pigeons Nest Hard Real Pigeons Splash Back Real Pigeons Peck Punches Real Pigeons Get Bready Real Pigeons Flex Feathers Real Pigeons Spy High Real Pigeons Duck Trouble Real Pigeons Stay Coo Real Pigeons Flap Out Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024!