Features
- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Cover Type: Paperback with 32 pages
- Published by: Chronicle Books February 1, 1999
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0811823121
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0811823128
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 9.5 x 0.2 inches
- Weighs: 7.2 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
"This eminently approachable book gives eloquent testament to the first pair of California condors to return to the wild since 1987," said PW. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3-A brief tale that explains how two California condors successfully hatch an egg in spite of a raging thunderstorm that threatens its security. Information on the environmental pressures that brought the animal to the brink of extinction is included in a few paragraphs that follow the narrative. London's style borders on the poetic, which suits the grandeur of his subject, the largest and rarest bird in North America. The book concludes with a list of six places to write for further information about California condors. Chaffee's watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations highlight the action; they feature many visually arresting scenes and closeups of the bald, red-headed condor parents and their scraggly chick. The drama inherent in the emergence and survival of the young guarantees that this story will hold the interest of young children; older readers who understand the plight of the species will appreciate the book on a deeper level. A valuable addition for libraries of any size.
Ellen Fader, Oregon State Library, SalemCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader ReviewsI might have given this a 3.5, had I the choice. This book is very pleasing to the eye. The poetic nature of the language may be too much for young readers, but the vocabulary itself is not terribly difficult. A sample: "Companion of the sun and wind, friend of the wild mountain silence" P.S.: my 5 year-old really likes it.
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