A Little Bird Told Me : An Illustrated Compendium of Bird Phrases

Author: Matt Sewell

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc)

Published on 12 March 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperNorth) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 128 pages, 50 col illus
190 x 141 x 18 | 330g

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?