Birds on a Wire

Anne Lingelbach's Birds on a Wire is a book of cinquain poems that honors the entertaining behaviors of backyard songbirds. Also included are tips on how to become a bird watcher

Birds on a Wire is Anne Lingelbach's fifth book. Her previous books include Oomph: A World of Words, a playful dictionary of unusual words designed to engage young writers; In My Father's Garden, a collection of acrostic poetry written in memory of her father and his eclectic garden; More Oomph: An ABC Book Celebrating Nature, a collection of nature-words from around the world that are fun to say and add oomph to the writing of young authors; and A Home That Builds Civility, a children's book illustrating the elements of civil behavior by using the metaphor of building a house.