Many other ordering options
You can order signed bookplates and get them inscribed according to your instructions.
Since I am no longer selling books directly through this website it is not possible to sign the books themselves. My solution is to offer free signed bookplates. These are stickers that can be pasted into any book, and I will personalize them with any (short) inscription you like. Follow the link to order yours.
I do still sell signed prints and original art directly through this website.
Bookplates are an easy way to personalize a book. You can also order bookplates for books you already own! And even though it’s called a bookplate, it can stick to anything else just as well! So you can order bookplates to personalize calendars, puzzles, etc.
For books and related published products on this website the entries now link to Bookshop.org – a service that supports local independent bookstores. I hope this new system works for you, to order books from Bookshop (or even better from an actual bookstore) and then order bookplates here.
The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing–and why
“Can birds smell?” “Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?” “Do robins ‘hear’ worms?” In What It’s Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds–blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees–it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley’s exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults–including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes–it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action. Unlike any other book he has written, What It’s Like to Be a Bird is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley’s world of birds.
