Title: Just a Baby Bird (2017) Little Critter SCHOLASTIC
Description: **Ages 4-8 / Guided reading level G / I can read! My First Shared Reading.** **While learning to read, your child will also pick up on social themes, emotions & feelings.** When Little Critter finds a baby bird in his backyard, he and his family take care of it until it can fly on its own

**Join Mercer Mayer's classic and beloved character, Little Critter®, in this My First I Can Read storybook!** Little Critter discovers a lost baby bird in his backyard, and he and his family all pitch in to take care of it until it can fly on its own. Little Critter's love and patience is rewarded when he gets a special springtime surprise.

**I Can Read Books are designed to encourage a love of reading. Little Critter: Just a Baby Bird is a My First I Can Read book, and with basic language, word repetition, and great illustrations, it's perfect for shared reading with a child.**

MERCER MAYER BIO (GOODREADS)
I began illustrating books in 1966. Since that time I have published over 300 books. Most of my books are about things that happened to me when I was a little kid. Now I'm a big kid and I write about things that happen now, especially with my own children. They always remind me of what it was like.

I was born in Arkansas in 1943. Boy, that was a long time ago! It's real fun to be an old kid. Then my parents moved to Hawaii when I was thirteen years old. After High School, I went to Honolulu Academy of Arts. Then I moved to New York City. My wife, Gina, and I write the Little Critter stories together.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_M
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, I Can Read! My First, Shared Reading, Ages 4-8, Guided, Reading, Level G. Baby, Bird, Forest, Tree house, Critters, Little Sister, Nest, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Family
Time periods: 2016-2017