A Little Bird Told Me

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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?

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780008781590
Published: March 2026

Number of pages: 128
Width: 139 mm
Height: 190 mm
Depth: 14 mm

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers