Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

QUOTE THE RAVEN: Never more Caw! Caw!

Look up, and you may see a crow. According to myth, that means death is near. Seeing three crows means health, and seeing four means wealth. But five crows? Sickness is coming.

Black, mysterious, and often seen in groups, crows and ravens don’t have lovely singing voices. They are bold and brassy and smart. Yet, people associate them with dark things. Out of the 810 species of North American birds, the only completely black birds are the crow and

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