Fire Birds - Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests

Collard reveals the complex relationships between fire and thriving plant and animal communities. The book especially focuses on the heavy use of burned forests by dozens of bird species�and debunks the idea that burned forests are worthless wastelands.

About the author

Sneed B. Collard III is author of more than sixty-five books for young people and is the winner of many awards, including the prestigious Washington Post-Children�s Book Guild Nonfiction Award for his body of work. His book The Prairie Builders received the Subaru/AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books, and his other titles have been regular features on CBC/NSTA, IRA, and other prominent �best of� lists.

Product details

• Authors: III Collard, Sneed B. Collard
• Publisher: Mountain press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9780984446070
• ISBN: 978-0-9844460-7-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology