A Little Bird Told Me: An Illustrated Compendium of Bird Phrases

Hardback Published on: 12/03/2026
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Synopsis

52 beautiful and quirky watercolour drawings and a linguistic curio for every week of the year

Are you a culture vulture?

Where do you stand in the pecking order?

Author of the bestselling Our Garden Birds Matt Sewell brings his signature whimsical artistry to the world of language in A Little Bird Told Me.

This delightful collection combines Sewell’s evocative, humorous illustrations with an exploration of the weird and wonderful world of animal phrases.

Are you ready to explore the origins, meanings and interpretations of idioms we use every day, and look at some lovely pictures?

Why not kill two birds with one stone?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780008781590
  • Number of pages: 128
  • Dimensions: 190 x 139 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 320g
  • Languages: English

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