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The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist by Margarita Engle Hope is a Thing with Feathers plus a list of theLouis loves to watch birds. He takes care of injured birds and studies how they look and how they move. His father wants him to become an engineer, but Louis dreams of being a bird artist. To achieve this dream, he must practice, practice, practice. He learns from the art of John James Audubon. But as Louis grows up, he begins to draw and paint living, flying birds in their natural habitats. Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 1927) is now known as the father