On Sale: Oct 21, 2025
Page Count: 220 pages
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN-13: 9781643265049

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An elegant gift for bird lovers, this book showcases an award-winning painter’s world class art, combined with entertaining facts about birds from all over the world.

The Illuminated Book of Birds is a stunning, one-of-a-kind celebration of the birds of the world by award-winning painter Robin Crofut-Brittingham. It includes large-scale fine art paintings of the birds in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Europe, along with flightless birds, unusual birds, and extinct birds. It looks at birds together, grouping them by geography and families, and delights in uncovering their habits and cultural and mythological significance.

Every bird is individually featured, with curious and fun facts that will delight new and seasoned birders. In total, readers meet nearly 400 hand painted birds and experience a global birding adventure from the comfort of home.

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Robin Crofut-Brittingham is an artist, illustrator, and author with a BA from Bard College with a focus in writing and art history, as well as an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was a recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose, and on Booooooom, among others. She lives in Montreal.

“A lovely, lovely book with a wonderful style. It is reminiscent of the bird artists of yesteryear—Audubon and Gould.”
Amy Tan, author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"Opening this book is an experience akin to hearing the dawn chorus: a moment of sweet and unalloyed delight—the riot of glorious color the precision, the meticulous attention to every avian detail. The dawn chorus may end with each sunrise: this book will long endure. It is a treasure for the ages."
Simon Winchester
“This book explores species, both familiar and less so, to ignite a love of birds in budding naturalists and reignite the wonder of birds in seasoned birdwatchers… The watercolor illustrations are beautiful and add a sense of wonder to the book, evoking the beauty of illuminated medieval manuscripts.”
Library Journal
“Robin Crofut-Brittingham’s art invites us to imagine a future where we live in balance with nature, and her new book certainly inspires a deeper appreciation for birds.”
My Modern Met

Robin Crofut-Brittingham

About the Author

Robin Crofut-Brittingham is a visual artist and writer whose work explores the intersection of real and imagined worlds, inspired by nature. Primarily a painter, her practice spans several disciplines all unified by an interest in deepening our connection to the natural world and encouraging closer observation of its beauty and complexity.

Her artwork has been featured in numerous international publications and her debut book The Illuminated Book of Birds was released in 2025. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and Canada and her paintings and murals are included in public and private collections around the globe. Originally from Western Massachusetts, Robin now lives and works in Montreal with her husband, son and beloved dog.

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