About hornbills
ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN
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Countless details about hornbills that are certainly interesting.
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"Do you know to find out how old a hornbill is?" "It's easy, you simply have to count the number of ridges or wreaths on the beak and that will give you a rough idea of its age."
"They have strangely-shaped beaks, often topped with a horn-like structure called casque. This is why they are called hornbills."
There are countless such details on this unique bird. Cute cartoons of the hornbill carry you through the book, especially the one of Paga with whom you are going to discover the inner world of the hornbill. The neat introduction gives you many vital details of the bird. They are dedicated to the nine hornbills found in India. One page has the picture of the bird to be coloured while the other has the zoological name, the local Indian names, the description and the lifestyle of the bird, the map of India and where the bird can be found, highlighted and the best places to see the bird are given. A tiny picture of the colouring page is the guide to colours.
There's more fun to follow, what with puzzles, dot to dot, things to make, spot the difference, match the following, jigsaw, word jumbles, logical questions, wordsearch, quiz and many more. Apart from this, you can write stories on given headings, design a logo, make a poster and by sending it to the Nature Conservation Foundation, win a gift too. There is a glossary to guide and notepad to scribble your thoughts.
By the time you finish the book you are an expert on the hornbills, well, almost.
Let's Discover Our Hornbills, Aparajita Datta and Nima Manjrekar, Nature Conservation Foundation, Rs. 50
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