BIRDS

Swanfall

By Julia Thum • December 2, 2025

A magical middle-grade winter read: our review of Sophie Kirtley’s Swanfall, full of folklore, friendship, and atmospheric adventure.

Songbirds Featured in The Dawn Chorus

By Karl Salter • January 1, 2020

Photo library of characters from my story The Dawn Chorus (free to download on the home page)

Blue Tits

By Karl Salter • June 22, 2019

Blue tit and its chick

Red Kites

By Karl Salter • June 21, 2019

Red kites in the Chilterns and The Witches' Punchbowl

Swan Upping

By Karl Salter • July 17, 2018

Cuckoo Weir Island

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"The Songbird Choir Series belongs in every child’s library — sparking conversations about courage, friendship and resilience.
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"There’s a super sense of inclusion in The Songbird CHoir Series as birds who are physically different, disabled or friendless are given real status."
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“In The SOngbird Army the central theme of bullying is extremely well-written and handled in an empathetic and accessible way for young readers to grasp, understand and take meaning from.”
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"The Songbird Army can be read on many levels so that it would be highly useful in a classroom situation, as well as being an engaging narrative for children to experience independently."
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"The Songbird Choir Series is the perfect blend of real life challenges woven into a fabric that is perfect for children."
Millie Spark, Author of the Follyford Farm Mystery Series

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"IThe SOngbird Army superbly uses garden birds to talk about the very real topic of bullying."
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“The Songbird Army message is clear: bullies may be loud and intimidating, but kindness, courage and unity can drown out their noise.”
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"The Songbird Army has a wonderful feel good ending, and a lovely epilogue that tells you what each of the birds went on to do! | loved this touch."
Millie Spark Author of the Follyford Farm Mystery Series

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"The presentation of the text was inspired because there’s a double line spacing which gives plenty of white space that doesn’t daunt more reluctant young readers."
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