Page 2 - Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

To Rick, for his never-ending support

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.
Title: Where have all the birds gone? : nature in crisis / Rebecca E. Hirsch.
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2022] | Includes
bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 13–18 | Audience: Grades
7–9 | Summary: “In the face of rapidly declining bird populations, read about the
vast impacts birds have on ecosystems, food systems, and our mental health and
what we can do to protect them”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021039521 (print) | LCCN 2021039522 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781728431772 (library binding) | ISBN 9781728445441 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Birds—Conservation—Juvenile literature. | Bird populations—
Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL676.5 .H57 2022 (print) | LCC QL676.5 (ebook) | DDC
639.9/78—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021039521
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Manufactured in the United States of America
1-49564-49543-10/6/2021