Simple text encourages new readers to follow the trials of a baby robin as he finds the courage for that first flight.
Simple text encourages new readers to follow the trials of a baby robin as he finds the courage for that first flight.
"[Celia Godkin’s] biologically accurate illustrations also contribute to this simple story -- we see pink, featherless babies become downy fledglings, notice the shape and location of the nest. All in all, another satisfying contribution from this Canadian series of early readers."
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The Toronto Star"Baby bird’s leap from the nest, just seconds ahead of a questing paw, has us all cheering as he opens his wings and flies."
-- CITY Parent
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Celia Godkin
Celia trained as a biologist and has worked as a scientific illustrator. An illustration job preparing signs for the Winnipeg zoo led to a collaboration on the book Endangered Species: Canada's Disappearing Wildlife. Encouraged by this success Celia illustrated an ecology story she had written years earlier and showed it to her publisher. The resulting book, Wolf Island, won the Children's Literature Roundtables Best Information Book Award and led to a succession of information storybooks.
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