"The Book of Fantastic Birds" by Peter
Barrett and Jane Carruth is a book for children. It's part of a never-ending
series of books about fantastic animals, machines, weapons...fantastic
everything, actually.
Most of the fantastic birds are easy picks: the ostrich, the hummingbird, the shoebill, the hornbill, the condor, assorted birds of paradise...
But what on earth are the Great Horned Owl and the Mandarin Duck doing in a book on cool-looking birds??? COME ON.
Why not throw in a bunch load of icterids when you're at it?
But sure, this book might be of interest to your 10-year old kids, so I give it four stars anyway. Besides, I *was* disappointed when the implanted Mandarin Ducks were removed from the bird lake of my childhood... :-(
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