Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful, tiniest birds in nature. They are the only creatures that can fly forward, backward, sideways even upside down! Their hearts beat anywhere from 500 to 1200 times every minute; their wings flap as many as 52 times per second; and they breathe up to 600 times per minute. This fact-and-photo-filled nonfiction 8x8 will leave readers astounded by the smallest bird in America! "Hummingbirds""covers the conceptsAnimalsandNature."""

 

This book is part of a book series called Penguin Core Concepts .

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Grosset & Dunlap .

Tomie de Paola is an internationally popular illustrator and adapter of Bible stories and themes for children.