I missed some of the best parts when I read this to Kaitlyn over the past year, because she would read ahead and then wanted me to skip the parts she had read. I missed the finding of the falcon, the Halloween party, and the very end! I found myself very nervous when I neared the end and realiz...
This beautiful picture book tells the story of Galapagos George, the last of the long necked tortoises of Pinta Island. The story starts 1,000,000 years ago in South America when a giant tortoise was swept out to sea by a huge storm. She was able to float and survive the trip to what are now know...
Julie of the wolves Book ReportBy: Katharine B.If you plan to read this book then DO NOT read this book report, due to SPOILERS!Introduction The author of the Newberry award winner of Julie of the Wolves is "Jean Craighead George" and the pictures were made by "John Schoenherr". Jean Craighead h...
The summer June Pritchard turns thirteen, her family gives her a sparrow hawk to train. She names him Zander, and over the next three summers she helps him develop the natural hunting instincts he will need in his adult falcon life. Zander, in turn, helps June understand the natural world around ...
14 THE INTERVAL CRAIG WAITED. HE FELT too discouraged all week to visit the island. Sunday came and went without a mention of the rocket, then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday—the week. He saw the weather change from the bright clearness of Indian summer to the gray-blue of late autumn, and he knew tha...
Trained WILL BUNKER WAS at the house before dawn, knocking at the doors and windows. Charles crawled down the rain-spout and greeted him with the news about Rod. Will, who had known and loved Rod since he was a baby, cried out loud in his shame. He threw open the door and rushed up to the sleepin...
He ordered all her sails unfurled to the wind. He lifted his head into the Arctic wind and breathed deeply. Tom had attended public school in New Bedford‚ Massachusetts‚ and at twenty-two married lovely Anne Dana. That year he signed on to a fishing vessel and worked his w...