Thanks to Ada Moreau Demlow of The Librarian Life for featuring Hey, Little Ant. “…a great tool to kick off conversations about bullying, animal rights, use and abuse of power, and other related issues.” Here’s to the librarians’ life of connecting kids and books!
Author Phillip Hoose describes “world series fever,” an affliction of boys in the 1950’s when the game was only played during the day–a school day. How to get out of school to watch? If your cousin was pitching for the New York Yankees in the World Series and your mom could not be fooled, you… Read more »
Recently I visited the Washington Middle School for Girls, in Washington DC. The appearance was arranged through An Open Book Children’s Literacy Foundation, a non-profit organization formed “to improve literacy among disadvantaged children and teens in the greater Washington, D.C. area by giving schools and students books and access to authors and illustrators.” I was… Read more »
“…holding B95 in my hands several times is among the biggest thrills of my life.” –-Biologist Patricia Gonzalez It is only fitting that Biologist Patricia Gonzalez, head of the wetlands program, Fundacion Inalafquen, would be the one to spot B95 last May 28. She is perhaps the person who knows him best. She was part of the banding… Read more »
“…a gripping example of ecological interdependence on an international scale that’s likely to motivate some teens to get involved in saving birds.” –Kathleen Odean, Great Common Core Non-Fiction Motivate teens? We hope so! Look for the section in the back of the book entitled “What You Can Do” for ideas on getting involved in shorebird and… Read more »
“How could I put readers in the air with hundreds of birds that look alike?” Author Phillip Hoose was honored to a Guest Blogger for TeachingBooks.Net for his book, Moonbird. Read “Taking Flight with Moonbird” here.
“…I wanted to write about extinction, it’s folly to knowingly let a life form go. Every life form is a success story. Every life form holds and carries all these wise decisions within it. The point is not to let them go, but to learn from them and admire them and to keep them going… Read more »
The Portland Public Library Presents… MOONBIRD A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 Thursday, 9/27/12 6:00 PM Portland Public Library, Main Branch Monument Square Portland, Maine (207) 871-1700 x723 Free Admission Join National Book Award–winning author Phillip Hoose for a lecture on his new book, Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the… Read more »
Author Phillip Hoose has been hitting the airwaves as B95 catches some air of his own (somewhere in the Arctic). LISTEN to Phillip Hoose Read and Discuss Moonbird at TeachingBooks.net LISTEN to Phillip Hoose Interviewed about Moonbird on Public Radio
A wonderful crowd of readers, birders, and conservationists including Portland, Maine major Michael Brennan, staff of the Nature Conservancy, and Charles Duncan of Manomet launched Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 at Longfellow Books. Author Phillip Hoose gave a compelling review of the life of B95, the forces that work against B95, and… Read more »