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One winter morning Jenny discovers a hawk has come to the farm, and she develops a rapport with the graceful sky dancer
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About the Author:
Jan Omerod, who also illustrated Sky Dancer by Jack Bushnell, lives in Cambridge, England.
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The open skies and simple beauty of a farmland in winter provide a stark background for the story of the friendship between young Jenny and a wild hawk. The two connect instantly when the bird arrives one frosty February morning. It remains perched in a nearby tree for several days, seemingly as interested in watching Jenny as she is in watching it. But local farmers are itching to shoot whichever hawk has been preying on their chickens: " 'As far as I'm concerned,' said Owen Tibbs, 'you can take all the hawks and coyotes you can find and drop 'em off the edge of the earth. I wouldn't miss 'em.' " When a farmer comes for the hawk with a rifle, Jenny must defend it. Bushnell (Circus of the Wolves) conveys the intense affection of a person for a wild creature, a love that is untainted by assumptions about ownership and obedience; the hawk is nobody's pet. Unusual descriptions render familiar scenes fresh: "When the sun set and the hawk turned deep black, like a hole in the sky above her, [Jenny] walked back to the house." Ormerod's (Moonlight; One Hundred One Things to Do with a Baby) large watercolors have the cool glow of evening sun and Jenny's silhouette often echoes the shape of the hawk's wings, reinforcing the parallels between them. This thought-provoking book will stir the souls of nature-lovers and encourage all readers to see in themselves the free and wild at heart. Ages 4-up.
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- PublisherLothrop Lee & Shepard
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0688052894
- ISBN 13 9780688052898
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorOrmerod Jan
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Book Description Hardcover. Ormerod, Jan (illustrator). First Edition [1996]; so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book's bottom corners are mildly bumped; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive flaws. Bright and clean. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows only very mild rubbing; the DJ flap is unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. This is a library-bound production (so stated, though one would not be able to tell the difference, except that the DJ is unpriced), but is not an ex-library copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Oblong 4to. (10.3 x 10.35 x 0.3 inches). 32 pages. Illustrated in color by Jan Ormerod. Age Range: 3 and up. Grade Level: 1 - 2. Language: English. Weight: 15.7 ounces. Hardback with Dust Wrapper. It is winter and snow is deep on the ground. Jenny lives with her dad on a farm where one day a hawk swoops down close to her, making her scream. Will the hawk still be there the next day? Will she build a 'relationship' with it? In town, some of the locals are complaining about missing chickens and blaming it on a hawk. Is it Jenny's hawk? Her Dad thinks it is but Jenny doesn't agree. Whilst doing the farm chores, Jenny catches a glimpse of someone with a gun going towards her hawk. How will she stop them? This is beautiful, well-written and illustrated book of an unusual 'friendship' between a hawk and a girl. The artwork alone will let you see the majesty of this amazing bird but the story adds all the extra dimensions making it a well rounded out story. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Such a shame it is no longer in print. First Edition [1996]; so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Seller Inventory # 53451
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