Just got word that my good friend Charles Duncan and his colleague Diego Luna will search for B95—the Moonbird– in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, on October 13 and 14. There will be others searching as well. Trying to pick one bird out of a flock is always a challenge, but the odds are somewhat… Read more »
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 »
“…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.
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
Mongabay is “one of the world’s most popular environmental science and conservation news sites”, with more than 1 million unique viewers each month. They have recently published an article on B95 and the Rufa Red Knot, in which Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 was mentioned! “The birds have brought… Read more »