How to Know a Crow - Greystone Kids
How to Know a Crow:
the biography of a brainy bird
This book has earned recognition from multiple awards and panels, including:
Children’s Wainwright Prize, 2025 Children’s Non-Fiction Longlist
Finalist, Youth Book Award 2024
Science Writers & Communicators of Canada (SWCC)‘Outstanding Merit’ star, Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2025
Starred selection, The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC)
Best Books for Kids & Teens list.
In How to Know a Crow, written by Candace Savage, my aim was to bring the intelligence and personality of crows to life. My artwork features detailed depictions of these brainy birds, from their playful behaviours to their complex social interactions. The book also includes diagrams and double-page spreads that enhance the storytelling, making the science behind crows engaging and accessible for readers aged 9-12 years.
Publisher: Greystone Kids, 2024. To purchase please visit: Bookshop.org
Here’s what makes it special:
“Enlightening and entertaining [with] striking illustrations that bring the birds brilliantly to life.”
“An absorbing study—certainly “caws” for further investigation.”
“From the beautiful endpapers to the
diagrams and double page spreads, this is a superbly illustrated work by illustrator, Rachel Hudson.”
“This is a very clever nonfiction picture book... Highly recommended.”
