When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird! Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets...

Illustrations and easy text point out strange physical characteristics or behaviors of certain large birds, such as ostriches, bustards, grebes, and penguins.

"Ruby, a very small bird in a very big world, is looking for a friend, so she introduces herself ..."-- Provided by publisher.

A baby wren is amazed at the creatures who live around her and wishes she had a spcial gift of her own to share with them.

Yellow Bird has a button. It does . . . nothing! It is a good for nothing button. Red Bird and Blue Bird are excited to try the button. But when they press it, they discover that the button makes them happy. Happy is something! A flabbergasted Yellow Bird insists the button does nothing. But it sure does seem to be making him mad. Mad is something!

Franny B. Kranny refuses to cut her wild hair, despite her family's insistence and wears a bird in her hair to a family reunion.

A young pig admires the birds he sees flying above him, and yearns to copy them--but even when he succeeds he finds that his favorite thing is still watching the birds.

An escaped house cat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.

Mole rescues a baby bird, cares for it, and loves it, until the day he realizes it is because he loves it that he must set it free.

Mooch the cat helps a lonely bird find its flock, which has flown south for the winter.