I Heard Said the Bird

by Polly Berrien Berends

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The animals in the barnyard discuss the New One that is coming and eventually discover that there is a new baby in the house.

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"I Heard Said the Bird" is about the farm animals trying to figure out who the "New One" is on the farm. After asking every animal there the little boy shows them that the new one is his little baby brother.

I like this book because of the bouncy dialogue. The pictures are so pretty and gives it more personality. I think the kids from age 3-5 would really like this book.

I would use this book to help kids to learn to let new members in their life.
"I Heard said the Bird" by Polly Berrien Berends is about a bird that hears that a new baby is on the way. The bird tells all the animals and they start asking around who the new baby belongs to. After much questioning a little boy comes out of the house. The animals ask him if he's heard who the new baby belongs to. He tells them that the baby is sleeping in the house and if they are very quiet the can go see him.
I thought this book was excellent. It teaches children about what baby animals are called. I personally think it's a good book for children in that it has the animals asking who the new baby belongs to rather than just making up who they think the baby belongs to. This shows children to learn all the facts before stating show more something that you know nothing about.
This book could be used in the classroom by having a matching worksheet with words on it that matched the animals name with what it's babis are called such as, pig going wih piglet. The students could also draw their favorite barnyard animal and draw babies with it.
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this book is a well illustrated picture book. it is about a bird who heard that a baby is coming, but to who? after he asks all the barnyard animals, they find out that it is a human baby, and the big brother shows the animal the "new one".

i thought the book kind of droned a little. however, it is meant for younger readers, and with its simple rhetoric, it would be simple to read. the pictures were beautiful watercolor, and im personally drawn to nice artwork like this. the plot was simple, and to the point.

this book could be used as an intro into family matters such as a new entry to the family. Also, it could be used as material to discuss how animals have bebies, such as litters, eggs, etc.
Wonderful story but illustrations make the book .
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The illustrations were really good and they were also in watercolor! The story line was cute because it was about a bird who flies into the barnyard alerting all the animals that a new one is coming. Each animal is very anxious about who it could be and then finally at the end a boy comes out from the house and explains it's a new baby. It would be a good story for a younger crowd of for a mother who was having a baby to explain it to her child.
This book was a cute and suspenseful rhyming book. It is all about what the bird heard about the "new one" coming to the barn, and all the animals were trying to figure it out, along with the readers!
This is a very cute book, the illustrator did a great job, all the animals look great. I think this would be a great book for an expecting mother to read to her children. I also think young children could memorize this book and early readers could read this book.

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Children's Books, Picture Books
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575Natural sciences & mathematicsBiologySpecific parts of and physiological systems in plants
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PZ7 .B4482 .ILanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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