Comments on: Birds of many feathers http://www.hbook.com/2012/09/choosing-books/recommended-books/birds-of-many-feathers/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Miriam Lang Budin http://www.hbook.com/2012/09/choosing-books/recommended-books/birds-of-many-feathers/#comment-17849 Miriam Lang Budin Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:38:49 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=17271#comment-17849 Phil Hoose has single-handedly inspired my admiration of birds! First there was THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD--his account of the tragic, gradual extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and now there's MOONBIRD--the story of another species undergoing enormous stresses in its struggle to survive. What an intrepid hero Hoose has found in the red knot B95! My heart was in my mouth as I read of the field biologists who search for this particular, long-lived bird during the annual migrations. Hoose's vivid writing, meticulous research and brilliant pacing make these books exemplars of non-fiction. Phil Hoose has single-handedly inspired my admiration of birds!

First there was THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD–his account of the tragic, gradual extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and now there’s MOONBIRD–the story of another species undergoing enormous stresses in its struggle to survive.

What an intrepid hero Hoose has found in the red knot B95! My heart was in my mouth as I read of the field biologists who search for this particular, long-lived bird during the annual migrations.

Hoose’s vivid writing, meticulous research and brilliant pacing make these books exemplars of non-fiction.

]]> By: Sarah Lamstein http://www.hbook.com/2012/09/choosing-books/recommended-books/birds-of-many-feathers/#comment-17774 Sarah Lamstein Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=17271#comment-17774 Katie Bircher's mention of the Lewins' book Puffling Patrol puts me in mind of Bruce Macmillan's wonderful book Nights of the Pufflings (Houghton Mifflin, 1995), a story with Macmillan's photographs of, again, children in Iceland helping pufflings make their way to the sea. Katie Bircher’s mention of the Lewins’ book Puffling Patrol puts me in mind of Bruce Macmillan’s wonderful book Nights of the Pufflings (Houghton Mifflin, 1995), a story with Macmillan’s photographs of, again, children in Iceland helping pufflings make their way to the sea.

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