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Arrowhawk : A True Survival Story by Lola M. Schaefer (2014, Picture Book)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSquare Fish

ISBN-101250039886

ISBN-139781250039880

eBay Product ID (ePID)159905312

Product Key Features

Book TitleArrowhawk : a True Survival Story

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicScience & Nature / Zoology, General, Animals / Birds

IllustratorYes, Swiatkowska, Gabi

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorLola M. Schaefer

FormatPicture Book

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight4.6 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

ReviewsA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Gorgeous paintings fill the pages, lending mood, light, and information. . . . Unusual in its narration from the wild animal's point of view, this is an important and dramatic tale that should be widely shared with children." - School Library Journal * "Based on a true story and told in unemotional prose illustrated with beautiful, airy acrylic paintings, this will instill appreciation for the beauty of birds of prey and their role in nature." - Kirkus Reviews , starred review " Arrowhawk is a dramatic, painful tale of nature with a fortunate upbeat ending." - Sacramento Bee "Swiatkowska's rich acrylics have beautiful soft edges and fine detail." - Booklist "Schaefer does this the hard and admirable way. She tells it from the point of view of the bird with no cheap tricks. No anthropomorphism. No bird-with-human-feelings. . . .Arrowhawk is simply a dignified and powerful creature." - San Diego Union Tribune "Throughout the illustrations, as in the text, Hawk's wild and defiant persona dominates, neither softened nor anthropomorphized. The result is a tale of courage and compassion, made compelling by its narrow focus." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, "Gorgeous paintings fill the pages, lending mood, light, and information. . . . Unusual in its narration from the wild animal's point of view, this is an important and dramatic tale that should be widely shared with children." -- School Library Journal "* Based on a true story and told in unemotional prose illustrated with beautiful, airy acrylic paintings, this will instill appreciation for the beauty of birds of prey and their role in nature." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review " Arrowhawk is a dramatic, painful tale of nature with a fortunate upbeat ending." -- Sacramento Bee "Swiatkowska's rich acrylics have beautiful soft edges and fine detail." -- Booklist "Schaefer does this the hard and admirable way. She tells it from the point of view of the bird with no cheap tricks. No anthropomorphism. No bird-with-human-feelings. . . .Arrowhawk is simply a dignified and powerful creature." -- San Diego Union Tribune "Throughout the illustrations, as in the text, Hawk's wild and defiant persona dominates, neither softened nor anthropomorphized. The result is a tale of courage and compassion, made compelling by its narrow focus." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, * Based on a true story and told in unemotional prose illustrated with beautiful, airy acrylic paintings, this will instill appreciation for the beauty of birds of prey and their role in nature., * "Based on a true story and told in unemotional prose illustrated with beautiful, airy acrylic paintings, this will instill appreciation for the beauty of birds of prey and their role in nature.", Throughout the illustrations, as in the text, Hawk's wild and defiant persona dominates, neither softened nor anthropomorphized. The result is a tale of courage and compassion, made compelling by its narrow focus., Schaefer does this the hard and admirable way. She tells it from the point of view of the bird with no cheap tricks. No anthropomorphism. No bird-with-human-feelings. . . .Arrowhawk is simply a dignified and powerful creature., A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Based on a true story and told in unemotional prose illustrated with beautiful, airy acrylic paintings, this will instill appreciation for the beauty of birds of prey and their role in nature." - Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Arrowhawk is a dramatic, painful tale of nature with a fortunate upbeat ending." - Sacramento Bee, Gorgeous paintings fill the pages, lending mood, light, and information. . . . Unusual in its narration from the wild animal's point of view, this is an important and dramatic tale that should be widely shared with children.

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisFamiliar hands tossed him gently into the winter air. Hawk flapped his wings and skimmed the earth. Then he beat his wings harder, rose, and flew over the trees. And straight as an arrow, Hawk soared into the wild. The story of an injured red-tailed hawk's survival and freedom A hungry red-tailed hawk sits near a fence post and devours his catch. Out of nowhere a poacher's arrow pierces his body, seriously injuring him and leaving him to fend for himself. This is 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. Stunning illustrations capture his remarkable journey from peril and rescue to eventual freedom. Arrowhawk is a 2005 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year.