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!
rufa red knot
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.
Why Did You Write MOONBIRD?
Interconnection of Species
We thank the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association for this review sprinkled with all of our favorite key words and phrases related to Moonbird: act to make a change, survival, conservation, and interconnection of species. “As he does with every topic he tackles–the ivory-billed woodpecker, civil rights, basketball–Hoose provides interesting details… Read more »
Moonbird Has a Few Stops to Make
Moonbird has his own comic! Thank you to 3DTOPO Inc. for taking flight with this fabulous tribute to B95 and the book on the The Hub: Your Connection to Teen Reads. Our thanks to Diane Colson as well for her lovely review! Photo credits clockwise from top left: American Bird Conservatory; New York Times Green Blog; Scielo.org.; Moonbird cover; Encyclopedia… Read more »
Her Life With Books
Jessica Tackett of the blog, Her Life With Books decided to forgo the madness of Black Friday and read non-fiction instead. Her “exceedingly short review” of Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 simply trumps all before it.
SLJ Makes Our Day
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 soars with all these other fine non-fiction titles as School Library Journal Best Books 2012! Congratulations everyone and thank you SLJ!
Library Journal’s Best YA
Thank you to Angelina Benedetti for naming Moonbird to the Library Journal’s Best Books 2012: Young Adult Literature for Adults! Phillip Hoose has always written his books for young adult and older. So, it is particularly honor to be named to the best YA for Adults. And an honor to have such a lovely review… Read more »
Washington Post Names MOONBIRD Best Book
The Washington Post named Moonbird a Best Book of 2012! “This book mixes facts, photos and some guesswork in telling the story of one migratory shorebird’s life. Traveling the globe, he has had to fly for three days straight.” —The Washington Post See the complete list of the books here.
Moonbird, Argentina’s “Project of National Interest”
An Argentine Senator has introduced a bill into the national legislature declaring B95—the “Moonbird”– a “project of national interest. For Senator Jorge Colazo, B95 “symbolizes the importance for the province of the protection of the environment and wildlife “Today,” he continued,” we honor a symbol of this care—B95, our international ambassador for the continent. The… Read more »