Despite the title, ostriches aren’t discussed in this entertaining picture book, but 40 other species of birds and their nests are. Birds from every continent are included, and a map shows where they live. Readers will be entranced not only by the intriguing details about unusual nests (the carmine bee-eater digs an eight-foot tunnel into a cliff and lines it with smelly insects to keep predators away) but also by the book’s charming illustrations and playfully curving text.