The poems in Judith Wright's Birds volume have long been recognised as among the best loved poems written in Australia. Many people have grown up with the beguiling rhythms of Black Cockatoos or the jauntiness of the Wagtail. Now in this new edition, commemorating 25 years since the poems were last published as a single collection, these works appear with full colour illustrations and a personal introduction by the poet's daughter Meredith McKinney, for whom many of the poems were written.