Arrowhawk - Rilegato

Schaefer, Lola M.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0805063714 ISBN 13: 9780805063714

Casa editrice: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2004

Riassunto

While swooping down on his prey, a red-tailed hawk is shot with an arrow by a poacher and left to die, but when it is found eight-weeks-later, the endangered bird receives all the attention it needs to live a healthy and complete life once more, in a touching tale about a very courageous creature. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore

LOLA M. SCHAEFER is the author of several acclaimed books for children, including This Is the Sunflower and This Is the Rain. In 1997, she and her fourth-grade students followed the Michigan and Indiana news releases of a red-tailed hawk injured by a poacher's arrow. Impassioned by the bird's will to survive, Ms. Schaefer was determined to share his amazing story with children. She lives with her family in Garrett, Indiana.

GABI SWIATKOWSKA is the illustrator of My Name Is Yoon and Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas, which Booklist praised as "beautiful" and "atmospheric." A freelance artist who studied painting at the Liceum of Art in Bielsko, Poland, and a former preschool teacher, Ms. Swiatkowska lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Description

Shaefer and Swiatkowska present the courageous true story of Arrowhawk, an endangered bird of prey who, with sheer determination and will, survives eight weeks in the wild with a poacher's arrow through his thigh and tail. Full color.

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• Editore: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0805063714
• ISBN 13: 9780805063714
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Disegnatore: Swiatkowska Gabi