Arrowhawk (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12) - Hardcover

Schaefer, Lola M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805063714 ISBN 13: 9780805063714

Publisher: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2004

Synopsis

While swooping down on his prey, a red-tailed hawk is shot with an arrow by a poacher and left to die, but when it is found eight-weeks-later, the endangered bird receives all the attention it needs to live a healthy and complete life once more, in a touching tale about a very courageous creature. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

Review

A 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"

A 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

About the Author

LOLA M. SCHAEFER is the author of several acclaimed books for children, including This Is the Sunflower and This Is the Rain. In 1997, she and her fourth-grade students followed the Michigan and Indiana news releases of a red-tailed hawk injured by a poacher's arrow. Impassioned by the bird's will to survive, Ms. Schaefer was determined to share his amazing story with children. She lives with her family in Garrett, Indiana.

GABI SWIATKOWSKA is the illustrator of My Name Is Yoon and Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas, which Booklist praised as "beautiful" and "atmospheric." A freelance artist who studied painting at the Liceum of Art in Bielsko, Poland, and a former preschool teacher, Ms. Swiatkowska lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0805063714
• ISBN 13: 9780805063714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Swiatkowska Gabi