When Beavers Flew
An Incredible True Story of Rescue and Relocation
$35.00
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2024
Summary
This fascinating picture book tells the unique, quirky, and true story of how one man in Idaho saved 76 beavers from destroying a town by parachuting them into uninhabited wetlands.
In 1948, the town of McCall, Idaho was growing rapidly. World War II was over, and the little town tucked away in the mountains began to boom. There was only one problem. As the town expanded, they found beavers everywhere. A beaver here, a beaver there, and it didn’t take long to realize that humans and b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593647523 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593647521 |
| Author: | Kristen Tracy, Luisa Uribe |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 568g |
| Dimensions: | 109mm x 359mm x 331mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
★ “This book explores ingenuity, solving problems, group efforts, and perfecting an idea. The art…. is soft and engaging. Reading this book prior to engaging in experiments is like providing a blueprint for the scientific method.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“A celebration of an early environmental success.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The presentation of the story [is] a heroic one….will prompt discussion around environmental conservation and human/animal coexistence.” —The Bulletin
About The Author
Kristen Tracy
Kristen Tracy grew up in a tiny town in Idaho near Yellowstone Park surrounded by untamed and fascinating animals. She is a poet and YA author and has recently started writing picture books. Her debut picture book A Cub Story was published in 2021. Kristen Tracy young adult novels include Lost It, Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus, Hung Up, and Project Unpopular. She won the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation for her collection Half-Hazard.
Luisa Uribe is the illustrator of Areli is a Dreamer, which was named a best book of the year from Kirkus, NYPL and Booklist, and My Brother is Away that received three starred reviews and was a Charlotte Huck honor book and a Charlotte Zolotow honor book. She lives in Bogota, Colombia, with her partner and two cats.
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