The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon

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by Davies, Jacqueline
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Houghton Mifflin, (Boston : ) Physical details: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm. Subject(s): Audubon, John James, -- 1785-1851 -- Juvenile literature. | Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. | Animal painters -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Year : 2004 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Includes bibliographical references. by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?