Silent Swoop
An Owl, an Egg, and a Warm Shirt Pocket
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2019
Summary
Introduce kids to the great horned owl with this beautifully illustrated and accessible picture book. Perfect for preschool and kindergarten science curriculums.
An owl swoops down to lay her egg in a coal yard—a dangerous spot for a fragile egg! Rescued by Walter, a bird expert with a big heart and a warm shirt pocket, the egg miraculously hatches and is aptly named Coal. Thus begins a tender story of rescue, rehabilitation, and most of all, friendship.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584696476 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584696478 |
| Author: | Michelle Houts, Deb Hoeffner |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Dawn Publications,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 168g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
?This delightfully told true story will go in the owl section of my library. A story I won?t forget.?
“Readers, ages 3 8, will be fascinated by the sequence of events of the rescue…Based on true events, readers will discover interesting facts about the Great Horned Owl and Walter Crawford, the person who rescued Coal, Junior, and thousands of other birds.” - Oneota Reading Journal
About The Author
Michelle Houts
Michelle Houts writes fiction and nonfiction for children from a restored one-room schoolhouse in rural Ohio. Her middle-grade novels have won the International Reading Association Children’s Book Award and Bank Street College Best Books designation. She also likes telling about real people and has written the biographies of an artist, a legendary woman who played baseball, and the first woman to solo hike the Appalachian Trail. A fan of our feathered friends, Michelle heard about Coal’s most unusual rescue and knew she had to tell his story, making this her first biography of an owl.
Deb Hoeffner describes her unique style of “soft realism” as a layering of thought, paint, and possibilities. She specializes in capturing the spirit behind the eyes of her subjects, both animals and humans. In Silent Swoop, her illustrations tell the story of the special bond between Coal and Walter. A true animal lover, Deb shares her studio in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with her collie, Isabelle Patch, and the deer, fox, crows, hawks, and other birds and animals that inhabit her backyard. An award-winning artist and book illustrator.
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