How to Know a Crow - The Biography of a Brainy Bird

For readers 9-12, get up close and personal with a clever corvid and discover the fascinating world of crows.

Crows are all around us, shouting from lamp posts, poking around on lawns, and generally taking a bright-eyed interest in everything that moves. But most of us don’t know much about their lives. In How to Know a Crow, award-winning author Candace Savage invites us into the fascinating world of these big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.

From the moment baby crow Oki pokes her egg tooth through her shell and emerges into her nest, we are her constant companions. As we follow her through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.

With How to Know a Crow, uncover the answers to questions such as:

• Do crows have families?
• How do crows communicate with one another?
• Do crows play?
• How can we interact with them?

Featuring gorgeous illustrations from Rachel Hudson, How to Know a Crow is a memorable journey of discovery.

Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute

List of contents

1. Beginnings
2. Family Matters
3. A Kindness of Crows
4. Bird Brains
5. Party Animals
6. Life Choices
7. A Season of Dying
8. A Nest of Her Own

Author’s Note
Glossary
Resources
Index
About the Author and Illustrator

About the author

Candace Savage is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books. In 2022, she was awarded the Writers’ Trust Matt Cohen Award. She lives in Saskatoon.

Rachel Hudson creates artwork that reconnects people with the natural world. She is the author and illustrator of 100 Endangered Species. When not in her studio, she’s happiest marking the seasons and taking delight in surprising encounters with wildlife, however fleeting. She lives in Hampshire, England.

Product details

• Authors: Candace Savage
• Assisted by: Rachel Hudson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2025
• EAN: 9781778403354
• ISBN: 978-1-77840-335-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Baby Animals, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Birds, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Interest age: from c 9 years, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching: general interest