At the beginning of things, the legend goes, the world was smooth as an apple, and the birds were set to dig out its hollows and valleys, all except the disobedient woodpecker. Brown gathers such stories from many lands: how the wren brought fire, how the kingfisher forgot, what King Solomon learned from the birds, and why the robin’s breast is red.
Short, graceful bird legends for reading aloud, with a naturalist’s affection for each creature. Download the free EPUB.