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Crows: Genius Birds

Written by Kyla Vanderklugt.
Published in 2020 by First Second.

Did you know that crows make their own tools, lead complex social lives, and never forget a human face? Scientists are just beginning to unlock the secrets of the crow’s brain to discover how these avian Einsteins can be as smart as some primates, and even perform some of the same cognitive feats as human children! Crows have problem-solving skills that will make you rethink what it means to be a bird brain!

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9 thoughts on “Crows: Genius Birds

  1. Hillhurst School

    Crows
    A Book Review
    The book crows is a part of the Science Comics series published by First Second. It describes the tales a crow tells to a dog as a diversion so his friends can steal some dog food. These tales describe the daily life, social interactions, psychology, and history of crows. Through these stories, the dog gains a great appreciation for the aptness of Corvi and becomes good friends with the scheming crow along the way.
    Crows is another solid entry into the world of Science Comics. The author — Kyla Vanderklugt — manages to explain several esoteric subjects, such as the crow brain and its social lifestyle, in stunning detail and without confusing the reader. However, I only say it’s solid, not spectacular, as it uses the cliché storyline of the Science Comics series: two people meet and one of them starts to explain to the other a subject (anything from rocket science to mathematics), a nonsensical start that is unrealistic and has no basis in reality.
    Crows, with its lighthearted antics and informative storyline, make it a captivating and engaging nonfiction publication. It lives up to its predecessors’ reputations and is another delightful book to read. Thus, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a fun science book for pleasure reading, regardless of their age, race, or sex. This text packs informativeness, clarity, and interestingness all in one book. It manages to be both good and bad at the same time.

  2. Eleanor Hall School

    I love the book Crows: Genius Birds because they tell you lots of intresting facts about crows. It’s also a comic witch can make it more fun to read. I would recomend this book if you like nonfiction or comics.

  3. Eleanor Hall school

    I thought crows genius birds was really good it did a good job at explaning how crows are smart and how they are really facinating. I would recommend this to someone who likes science and grapic novels it also has lot of facts and stuff about the there brain and how its like the size of a humans. ther are also sequels to the book

  4. Eleanor Hall School

    The book Crows Are Genius Birds Was amazing the detailed explanation was helping me understand the book .The book told me about there behavioral patterns
    and there brain function.

  5. Eleanor Hall School

    This book was fun to read and taught me basically everything I know about crows. It follows a crow and a dog and the crow teaches the dog about crows and studies preformed on crows.4.5/5

  6. Eleanor Hall School

    OMG science comics crows is the best scientific book I have ever read I hope you guys love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Eleanor Hall school

    This book was great to tell me about how crows can get there food and how they live if I could give it a stars rating it would be a 4 stars for me So I recommend this book to kid my age.

  8. Lakeview Elementary

    It was great, I love all the information about crows! It is a comic and I enjoy that.

  9. Lakeview Elementary

    It was great! I loved all the information about crows. It’s funny because the crow teaches the dog all about crows just to distract the dog so the other crows can steal the dog food. Comic Book.


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