Celia Fisher's study of the ways in which birds have inspired artists, writers and storytellers is filled with glorious images of birds ranging from ancient Babylonian stone carvings to Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–38), and from paintings decorating the pages of the Sherborne Missal (c.1399–1407) to Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Some British Ballads (1919). Fisher explores this tremendous diversity of themes and approaches and presents reproductions of over 120 examples from across time and cultures.