{"id":9045,"date":"2014-02-27T06:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:10:17","slug":"books-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/books-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Books For Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little silliness can go a long way to brightening your pet bird\u2019s day. After all, most pet parrots<\/a> are inclined to love theatrics! That\u2019s why pet birds are more likely to mimic a word or phrase if it is said in an ultra-dramatic or amusing way. Nursery-rhyme books and others that cater to a young audience also make great reading material for parrots \u2014\u00a0these books are designed to be read out loud and with extreme silliness. Dr. Seuss books certainly fit the bill!<\/p>\n

A Little About Dr. Seuss<\/h3>\n

Theodor Seuss Geisel, who later went by the pen names Dr. Seuss as well as Theo LeSieg, was a cartoonist and writer. In 1954, William Ellsworth Spaulding, director of the educational division at the publishing company Houghton Mifflin, came up with a list of 348 words that he felt every first-grader should know and asked Geisel to trim the list to 250 words and then write a book using only those words. Geisel scanned the list and created a story based on the first two words he came across that rhymed, which were cat<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0hat<\/i>.\u00a0The result was \u201cThe Cat in the Hat,\u201d one of the most well-known and beloved children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n

Dr. Seuss might have become famous with a cat but he also has plenty of birds in his stories. Here are some Dr. Seuss books that feature bird characters.<\/p>\n

Hooey The Green Parrot<\/h3>\n

The book “Oh Say Can You Say<\/a>” features Hooey the\u00a0green parrot who\u00a0has trouble reading tongue twisters. He introduces the book with these words: \u201cThe words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Consider yourself forewarned because here is sample text that follows:
\n<\/i>Quack Quack!
\nWe have two ducks. One blue. One black.
\nAnd when our blue duck goes “Quack-quack”
\nour black duck quickly quack-quacks back.
\nThe quacks Blue quacks make her quite a quacker
\nbut Black is a quicker quacker-backer<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The Sneetches<\/h3>\n

Here’s a Dr. Seuss book for those dealing with jealousy among the flock. In “The Sneetches<\/a>”\u00a0two types of yellow bird-looking species are separated by those with stars on their bellies and those without. Star-bellied Sneetches think they are the best, and look down upon starless Sneetches. Then along comes Sylvester McMonkey McBean with his\u00a0Star-on\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Star-off\u00a0<\/i>machines. Soon the plain-bellied Sneetches have stars added to their bellies so as blend in with their more elite counterparts, which causes the original Star-Bellied Sneetches to have their stars removed. The two types of Sneetches go back and forth adding and removing stars until they finally realize that both types of Sneetches are really all the same and can peacefully co-exist. Here’s a sampling to share to your flock:<\/p>\n

Now, the Star-Bell Sneetches had bellies with stars.\u00a0<\/em>
\n The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.<\/em>
\n Those stars weren\u2019t so big. They were really so small.\u00a0<\/em>
\n You might think such a thing wouldn\u2019t matter at all.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Book Worth Celebrating<\/h3>\n

Do you celebrate your bird’s birthday? Whether it’s his actual hatch day or the day he joined your family, pick a day to celebrate your bird’s birth, because you’ll want to breakout Dr. Seuss’s book “Happy Birthday to You!<\/a>” <\/i>\u00a0This story\u00a0takes place in\u00a0land called Katroo, where the Birthday Bird throws the reader a one-of-a-kind party on his\/her special day. It consists of a running description of a fantastical celebration, narrated in the second person, of the reader’s birthday, from dawn to late night. Here’s a line you can say to both the people and birds in your life, whether it’s their birthday or not!:<\/p>\n

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

More Great Books<\/h3>\n

If you have recently welcomed a new bird to your home, “In A People House<\/a>,” penned by Geisel (Dr. Seuss)\u00a0under the name Theo LeSieg, can inspire you as show your pet bird the layout of your home. In the book, a mouse invites a character named Mr. Bird to tour a home, and the mouse by points out all the things they find inside:<\/p>\n

A People House has things like chairs,\u00a0things like roller skates and stairs.\u00a0Banana, bathtub, bottles, brooms,\u00a0that’s what you find in people’s rooms.<\/i><\/p>\n

The mouse and bird play with the items they find, making a mess as they go. The mouse tries to balance too many things on top of another until they all crash to the floor, the people discover them and kick them out.<\/p>\n

If books by P.D. Eastman remind you a little of Dr. Seuss that’s because Eastman was\u00a0a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and colleague of Dr. Seuss and\u00a0Eastman also wrote many\u00a0books for children, under the Dr. Seuss brand of Random House books for beginning readers. In “The Best Nest<\/a>,” Mr. Bird boasts about his nest with a song, but Mrs. Bird tells him to hush because she wants a new nest. The pair then go looking for a new, \u201cbetter\u201d nest. (If you share your home with a female cockatiel<\/a> or other broody bird you can probably relate!) But every spot they look at is occupied or has something wrong with it. In the end, they discover that their original nest was the best. Here\u2019s a takeaway quote to teach your feathered friend: “I love my house, I love my nest, In all the world, My nest is best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. and Mrs. Bird appear again in \u201cFlap Your Wings<\/a>.\u201d When an egg mysteriously appears in Mr. and Mrs. Birds\u2019 nest they decide to raise the chick inside. However, when the egg hatches they soon realize that is not what they expected. The \u201cchick\u201d looks more like a baby alligator! The Birds soon wear themselves down caring for Junior until he gets too big, and must leave the nest.\u00a0 “But how can Junior fly without wings”? <\/i>Fortunately, this tale has a happy ending for both Mr. and Mrs. Bird and Junior.<\/p>\n

This book list is just to get you started \u2014 now go ahead and read a silly bedtime (or anytime) story to your feathered friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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