Barnes & Noble picks Virginia author for their "Discover Great New Writers" series.

*The Verb 'To Bird'* is an entertaining new book about birdwatching by Virginia author Peter Cashwell. The book has already received praise from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The Raleigh News & Observer, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Find out why! Cashwell has been a featured guest on Martha Stewart & North Carolina NPR (both June 2003).

(PRWEB) April 28, 2003 -- In *The Verb 'To Bird*, Peter Cashwell lovingly and irreverently explores the practice of birding, from choosing a field guide to luring vultures out of shrubbery, and gives his own eclectic travelogue of some of the nations finest bird habitats. Part memoir and part natural history, The Verb 'To Bird is a whimsical and lucid book about Cashwells many obsessions--birds, birders, language, literature, parenting, pop culture, and the human race.

Cashwells delightful book on the pleasures and adventures of amateur birding has just been published by Paul Dry Books. Barnes and Noble recently selected Cashwell for their Discover Great New Writers" series.

Birdwatchers from all around the country flock (pun intended) to Virginia each year. This is no surprise -- birding is one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities in the country, and Virginias key spot on the mid-Atlantic flyway means millions of birds pass through the state during migration season. The Verb 'To Bird would serve as an excellent jumping off point for a feature which highlights the growing popularity of birding in Virginia.

Peter Cashwell teaches English, speech, and debate at Woodberry Forest School in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He will be promoting his book at bookstores and parks around the state and around the country this spring and summer.

Please let me know if you would like a review copy of The Verb 'To Bird, or if you would like to contact Peter Cashwell.

Will Schofield, Paul Dry Books

Praise for The Verb 'To Bird:
Peter Cashwell possesses one of the rarest of all qualities in a nature writer: an intelligent wit."
- Robert Finch, co-editor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing

Reading this book was the next best thing to wandering in the woods with Peter Cashwell hoping to add a rufous-capped warbler to my life list. No, it was better -- I could laugh out loud in delight without fear of scaring the birds."   
- Katharine Weber, author of The Music Lesson

An entertaining and witty meditation on birding."-- Library Journal

Birders as well as all others interested in birds will enjoy this witty and informative meditation. Declaring himself a victim of birding compulsive disorder, Cashwell, an English teacher in Virginia, does an excellent job of describing his fascination with observing and listening to birds." --Publishers Weekly

Cashwell . . . writes with ease, humor and clarity."
- C-Ville