P. K. BUTLER
The Bird Club
A Serial Chapter Book Series
Wild World #6
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Coming May 28, 2025
Owen the Owl Boy travels with Benita the Bird Girl to her home world. Though no place for kids, Wild World also calls to the Bird Club members who won't be left behind. Yet how can this undisciplined troop trek through a forest filled with hungry beasts? A way must be found if they are to locate the High Council of Crows to plead Benita's case. For only the Council can bestow upon her the ability to transform between crow and girl.
New to The Bird Club?
You'll want to check out books #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 before beginning #6. The Bird Club is a serial series, which means the story begins in book #1 and ends in #7.
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Follow Bird Club members Ben, Olivia, Jorge, and Ursula through
a serial series of seven books!
"An engaging introduction to what's sure to be a breezy fantasy series."
Kirkus Reviews
Ben and the Bird Girl #1
Third grader Ben meets a "bird girl."
She's a crow most of the time and at others a girl.
The Owl Boy #2
A "bird boy" wants to join Benita's Bird Club. She's happy until learning that he is a Great-horned Owl, an enemy of crows everywhere!
The Fickle Forest #3
Owen the Owl Boy confides strange and disturbing news to members of the Bird Club: the state forest has a mind of its own!
The Three-Cedar Secret #4
In the Fickle Forest, three cedar trees hold the truth behind the Bird Girl’s origin and destiny.
IThe Impossible Divide #5
​Benita the Bird Girl and Owen the Owl Boy enter a strange borderland that separates the human world from one reserved entirely for animals.
Classroom Activity Guide
"With its flowing narrative, dimensional characters, and beautifully vivid details, the story is utterly immersive. Young readers will eagerly follow Claire into her next journey in book two."
—BlueInk Review, starred review
This guide provides pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities for your students.
An Odd Bird
Curriculum Guide, Part 1,
Chapters 1-11