Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Winner of the Sibert Award, this is a beautifully made book about the Puerto Rican parrot, its declining numbers following colonization and industrialization, and the effort to save the species from extinction.

The crafty look of this book grabs your attention right away, and the important story inside will be devoured by animal lovers of all ages. A great look at the history of Puerto Rico and the parrots that originated there, this is a wonderful book even for readers who are reluctant to check out

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nonfiction.

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good non-fiction story!!

A beautifully told and illustrated story of the wild parrots of Puerto Rico- how they lived originally, how the island came to be developed and threatened their habitat, and how the scientists at the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program helped save the birds.

This book is about the parrots in Puerto Rico. At the end of the book leaves no artwork which shows how people who help the protection of these birds. It is a book with a good education for students on environmental care.

A fascinating, wonderful story of history and conservation, beautifully designed and illustrated.

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a beuatifully illustrated book about the long history of Puerto Rico's parrots and the removal of them from the country. Once so vast in numbers, the parrots decreased drastically. The book discusses the dangers of extinction. The illustrations are done with cloth like

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texture and the book is opened vertically making the illustrations tall like the rain forests the parrots live in. The end of the book even has photographs and information on the conservation of the parrots. This book could be used in a endangered animals lesson.

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Parrots over Puerto Rico is a well-researched non-fiction book. Roth and the other writers had deep knowledge of the birds and Puerto Rico. There are many themes in this book.

Lots of facts about the parrots then and now in Puerto Rico! Beautiful illustrations.

Beautiful images. The paper and fabric collages definitely worked for this book.

This was an informational book because it told the story of the parrots in Puerto Rico and how they almost went extinct but are not doing better. This was a really enjoyable informational book to read because of the illustrations and because of how the book opened and worked. The illustrations in

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the book were collages that I believe were made out of paper, and the book opened from the top, rather than from the right to the left. The information in this book was written in a fascinating way as well, so overall this was one of my favorite informational books that I have read thus far. I would definitely have this book in my classroom and would use it as a mentor text. This text would be good for any ages.

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A really thorough book about the history of Puerto Rico in relation to the parrots native there.