The sky is quiet.
Celebrate neighborhood birds in this poetic picture book, and count their sounds backward from ten to one, until all is quiet in the yard again..
And on go the Birdsongs throughout the day.
Next comes nine soft coos from the mourning doves, followed by the chipping of a flurry of sparrows. tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat A red-capped woodpecker starts his rap for the day.
Then...
The creek is quietly gurgling.
The yard is quiet.
The sky is quiet