A Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award winner   A singing canary takes a life-altering journey in this beautifully illustrated picture book about music, migration, and the search for home. In a cozy room in northern Germany, a yellow canary sings rolling melodies to the miners and carpenters of the Harz mountains.  When the air starts to run out, he stops singing. Then the miners know they need to bring themselves and the  canary to safety. They leave the underground tunnels  and take their birds out with them into the fresh air. But today a bird dealer has come, and he will take the canary far, far away from everything he knows. The journey leads onto trains and steamships, across Europe and even the Atlantic. At last, the canary arrives in a room in New York where he hears a strangely familiar song. Dieter Böge’s   beautiful, poignant book introduces readers to the little-known history of the beloved songbird. Lushly illustrated in rich colors by award-winning artist Elsa Klever,  189 Canaries  is an unforgettable story about music, migration, and the search for home. An afterword offers a brief history of canaries. Translated by Batchelder Award-winner Laura Watkinson. Publishers Weekly “Older children partial to illustrated animal-centered fiction will find much to appreciate.” Kirkus Reviews “A quiet story that savors the historical details of a bird’s trans-Atlantic journey.” School Library Journal “A delightful story of a little-known piece of history, with the added bonus of a fun math connection for students studying multiplication.” The Horn Book Magazine “The storytelling style uses the present tense to pull the reader directly into a faraway time and place. Böge’s narration is full of sensory details . . . that are particularly appropriate for a story about a bird prized for its voice. Klever’s mixed-media illustrations, with a muted color palette, have the flat perspective of folk art.” Dieter B ö ge  is a children's book author, painter, and translator. His books have been nominated for the German Youth Literature Award and selected for the International Youth Library's White Ravens catalog.  189 Canaries  began when Dieter discovered a photo of 189 canvas-covered birdcages on a wooden rack, which made him curious about their story. Dieter lives in Germany.  189 Canaries  is his English-language debut.   Elsa Klever  is a German illustrator and fine artist whose books include  Taxi Ride with Victor  (Prestel Junior). She was the winner of the 2015 Austrian Children's Book Award and has been shortlisted twice for the World Illustration Awards. Visit her website at elsaklever.de or follow her on Instagram @elsaklever. Laura Watkinson  translates books for children and adults from Dutch, German, and Italian. Her translations have received numerous honors, including three Mildred L. Batchelder Awards and the Vondel Translation Prize. She is the founder of the Dutch chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SBCWI). Laura lives in Amsterdam. Visit her website at laurawatkinson.com.