A shout of joy went through the birding community on 5/16/13 when B95 aka Moonbird, the subject of Phillip Hoose’s book Moonbird was spotted again on Delaware Bay. Read about it the Philadelphia Inquirer Blog.
Moonbird Spotted!
Let Flood Tide Run
“When I know I’ve found a story to tell I let the flood tide run in me for a day or so and just let myself be soaked with love for the idea. In those dawning hours I’m blindly in love with the idea…Then I sleep on it. I try to put it away for… Read more »
Moonbird Installation
Jan Eckardt Butler, art teacher and life-long birder, shared this astounding art installation by 4th and 5th graders at Holland Hall School in Tulsa, OK. Inspired by Moonbird, these beautifully painted rufa red knots seek pearls of horseshoe crab eggs under the paper sand. This is education at its best.
Moonbird Speaks
Now you can migrate while Moonbird migrates. Moonbird has been release on audio from Brilliance Audio. Here is what AudioFile Magazine had to say about the production: “B95 has many champions, including Hoose himself, whose impassioned narration often reveals a genuine sense of awe at B95’s endurance despite significant ongoing changes to its ecosystem.” —AudioFile… Read more »
Band for the Birds
Professor Ernie Bond of Salisbury University declared this combo of authors Olivia Bouler and Phillip Hoose, the “best band to ever play for the birds!” at the Green Earth Book Awards. Readers and bird lovers should locate a copy of the wonderful conservation title by Olivia Bouler, Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf and follow her on… Read more »
Moonbird by Proxy
Marvelous blogger Barb Middleton of Reading Rumpus Book Reviews‘s husband read Moonbird by proxy. “This expository text is so engaging that I kept spitting out facts to my husband as I was being wowed by this tiny creature that performs feats that don’t seem possible. Did you know that this bird eats 14 times it’s… Read more »
Animals Do Their Part
Author talks to elementary students about shorebirds, preserving nature By Dani Palmer The Herald Bulletin FRANKTON, Ind. — Frankton fifth-grader Hannah Smith had no idea what a red knot was until author Phil Hoose stopped by. Hoose was at Frankton Elementary School on Thursday morning to talk to the students about shorebirds, along with a… Read more »
Moonbird Honored with Green Earth Award
Phillip Hoose has been once again honored with a Green Earth Book Award. The award is the nation’s first environmental stewardship book award for children and young adult books. Over 80 winning and honor books have been honored since 2005 including Hoose’s Hey, Little Ant and The Race to Save the Lord God Bird. “One… Read more »
Moonbird Honored at ALA
Phillip Hoose and “his mates” at FSG are honored by the attention Moonbird received from ALSC and YALSA at the recent American Libraries Association meeting in Seattle. The book about the great survivor B95 was a finalist for the the YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction and received a Sibert Honor. The Robert F. Sibert… Read more »
Why Did You Write MOONBIRD?
