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What Birds Teach Us: targeting children: 8 + years.
A unique and colourful introduction to Australia’s popular birds, featuring over 100 beautiful photos along with their interesting behaviours. This book has an added feature, in that each bird teaches a helpful life lesson that will assist in the reader’s personal development and their ability to make wise life choices.
Flight of a Fledgling: targeting teens & young adults: 15 + years.
Australia’s birds are again used to highlight important life skills for teenagers and young adults, preparing to leave the Nest and launch out into the world. It touches on issues such as identity, relationships, understanding ourselves and many others, with wisdom gleaned from the birds. It also features beautiful bird photos to help explain the text.
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“What Birds Teach Us” – Second Edition: Improved & Enlarged
ISBN: 978-0-646-81347-9
A beautiful introduction to our Australian birds and their interesting and peculiar behaviours,with the unique feature of learning helpful life skills from each bird.
The book features over 100 colour photos of 37 popular Australian birds with some very rare captures to help explain the text.
Simple easy reading text targets a reading age of 8 years to adult. A book that continues to be enjoyed by all ages.
Parents can read and discuss it with their younger children, reading a bird a day, with over 100 colourful photos explaining the text.
The Rainbow Lorikeet teaches the importance of being a faithful partner and friend.
Helpful life skills are gleaned and shared from the behaviour of each bird.
The Superb Lyrebird teaches the importance of being a good listener.
Relevant to the Primary School aged child’s current life context, and deals with issues pertinent to growing children, such as the importance of trust, obedience, faithfulness, punctuality, effective listening and dealing with bullies. Many aspects complement the Primary School Personal Development and Health curriculum.
Especially helpful to Home Schooled children, as a reader and educational tool which includes important aspects for the personal health, (physical, metal and emotion development) of the child.
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The Noisy Miner teaches How to Deal with Bullies.
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A Unique and Beautiful Gift Idea
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“Flight of a Fledgling” : Growing Up and Leaving Home.
ISBN: 978-0-646-83070-4
- A Unique and colourful presentation carefully crafted, combining beautiful photos of Australia amazing birds and their interesting lives, to assist teens and young adults, as they leave the Nest and launch out alone into the world. The book aims to assist the reader to better understand themselves, improve their relationships and encourage wise life choices for a happy and healthy life.
- The author from his own personal experiences growing up, has realised the need to help many of our youth who struggle with life issues, and are often unaware of the what is required, or the life skills to live and enjoyable and successful life. We can all benefit from a helping hand.
- The author holds an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy, which he combines with has knowledge and study of bird behaviour, to bring to the reader a non confrontational approach, which is easy to receive. To learn more about the author click here.
- The book also gives the reader a better understanding of our native birds, and their very interesting lives, often sharing the latest research, and rare photos to illustrate the text, linking this to how we do life.
- At the end of the book there are two pages of citations to assist the reader in finding out more information on relevant issues raised in the text. Many of the citations are internet website pages, making for easy inexpensive access. The books mentioned and quoted from may be helpful reading for the young adult in gaining better life skills.
- In summary:When the reader has read this book they will not only know more about their native birds, but will have useful tools to assist them to navigate their way to a more healthier and happier life, when they leave the Nest.
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About the Author
William ‘Ashley’ Hewson resides in Sydney, Australia as a husband, father and grandfather, and has spent most of his life working in medical science laboratories, from which he has recently retired. Ashley’s wife also shares his love of observing and studying bird behaviour as well as photographing Australia’s beautiful birds. They often go out together on birding dates, which he shares in his weekly blog posts on his website.
Ashley has united his birding passion and his photography with his passion for lifestyle and family counselling (Adv. Dip. of Counselling & Family Therapy) to author two unique books in which he integrates his photography with helpful life skills learnt from the behaviour of popular Australian birds.
Ashley is aware, from his own childhood experiences, of the need to encourage and assist the healthy development of our young people in making wise life choices. He hosts a website and weekly blog which also complements his book and shares additional information.
Due to the sell-out success of his first edition of “What Birds Teach Us” he was asked to produce an even better second edition which is both improved and enlarged, addressing the current concerns of the child in its formative years. This book has received many positive reviews and comments and continues to be his legacy, originally written for his four grandchildren and now for all young people.
Ashley has also written a second book “Flight of a Fledgling” Growing Up and Leaving Home, dedicated to his three adult children. This book due to be released early 2021, will address important personal and relational considerations for teens and young adults, as they prepare to leave The Nest and navigate their lives in the world.
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Places Where You Can Purchase the Beautiful Bird Books
Listed below are the current places where you can purchase these books,
should you not choose to purchase on this website.
The books can be purchased in shop or online from Koorong Books at any of their 14 stores throughout Australia.
NSW National Parks Visitor Centres
The Royal National Park Visitor Centre, Audley, NSW. [see above photo]
Sea Acres Rainforest Centre, Port Macquarie, NSW.
Minnamurra Rainforest Centre, Jambaroo, NSW.
Dorrigo Rainforest Centre, Dorrigo, NSW.
The Pilliga Forest Discovery Centre, Baradine, NSW.
The Blue Mountains Heritage Centre, Blackheath, NSW.
Fitzroy Falls Visitor and Information Centre, Fitzroy Falls, NSW.
Snowy Region Visitor Centre,Jindabyne NSW
Warrumbungle Visitor Centre,Warrumbungle NSW (near Coonabarabran)
Bookshops, Gift Shops, Local Visitor Information Centres
and Miscellaneous Businesses.
Towns are listed in alphabetical order for easier accessibility.
Acton ACT The Botanical Bookshop, Australian National Botanic Gardens
Armidale NSW The Reader’s Companion
Ballina NSWThe Book Warehouse
Belconnen, ACT Book Passion
Blackheath NSW RAVI Boutique
Bondi NSW Harry Hartog Bookseller – Bondi
Broome, WA Broome Bird Observatory
Canungra, QLD O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat Gift Shop
Collector, NSW Kiki’s in the Grove
Cowra NSW Cowra Japanese Garden
Dubbo NSW The Book Connection
Dungog NSW Sassafras Dungog
Eden NSW Eden Visitor Information Centre
Erina NSW Book Face Books
Forster NSW Forster Visitor Information Centre
Goulburn NSW Argyle Book Emporium
Grafton NSW The Book Warehouse
Hurstville, NSW Ormonde Dental Surgery
Kiama NSW The Kiama Visitor Information Centre
Kotara NSW Harry Hartog Bookseller – Kotara
Leichhardt NSW Berkelouw Books – Leichhardt
Leura NSW Megalong Books
Lismore NSW The Book Warehouse
Lithgow NSW A Reader’s Heaven
Macquarie Park NSW Harry Hartog Booksellers – Macquarie
Miranda NSW Harry Hartog Booksellers – Miranda
Mittagong NSW Destination Southern Highlands
Mona Vale NSW Berkelouw Books – Mona Vale
Mudgee NSW Mainly Mudgee Gifts
Parkes ACT The National Library Bookshop
Parkes NSW Parkes Visitor Information Centre
Ultimo NSW Powerhouse Museum Retail Shop
Wagga Wagga NSW Gateway Bookshop
Jesse discovers his Pa’s book in the Royal National Park Visitor Centre.
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by Adding to the Above List of Booksellers
If you have a business or have contact with a bookseller or gift shop that does not currently sell my book, why not suggest they look it up or contact the author by email. Contribute to our future generation’s mental, physical, social and emotional health by helping to make this book available. For more information contact: ashley@aussiebirder.com
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W. A. Hewson (Adv. Dip. Counselling & Family Therapy).
‘To introduce people to our unique Australian birds,
So we can learn from them how to live a healthy and happy life.’
NOTE: All photos, videos and music used on this website are photographed, composed, performed by the site owner and remains his copyrighted property, unless otherwise stated. The use of any material that is not original material of the site owner is duly acknowledged as such. © W. A. Hewson 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
