The Illuminated Book of Birds [Hardcover]

An elegant gift for bird lovers, this book showcases an award-winning painter's world class art, combined with entertaining facts about birds from all over the world.

The Illuminated Book of Birdsis a stunning, one-of-a-kind celebration of the birds of the world by award-winning painter Robin Crofut-Brittingham. It includes large-scale fine art paintings of the birds in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Europe, along with flightless birds, unusual birds, and extinct birds. It looks at birds together, grouping them by geography and families, and delights in uncovering their habits and cultural and mythological significance.

Every bird is individually featured, with curious and fun facts that will delight new and seasoned birders. In total, readers meet nearly 400 hand painted birds and experience a global birding adventure from the comfort of home.  Robin Crofut-Brittinghamis an artist, illustrator, and author with a BA from Bard College with a focus in writing and art history, as well as an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was a recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured inJuxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose,and onBooooooom,among others. She lives in Montreal. “A lovely, lovely book with a wonderful style. It is reminiscent of the bird artists of yesteryear—Audubon and Gould.”Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles"Opening this book is an experience akin to hearing the dawn chorus: a moment of sweet and unalloyed delight—the riot of glorious color the precision, the meticulous attention to every avian detail. The dawn chorus may end with each sunrise: this book will long endure. It is a treasure for the ages."Simon Winchester“l�