City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 141693359X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Meghan McCarthy is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children, including Earmuffs for Everyone: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs; Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton; Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum; City Hawk: Th
They name him Pale Male and watch as he builds his nest, finds a mate, and teaches his little hawk babies to fly. Based on the true story of Pale Male, City Hawk brings New York City's favorite hawk to life in a story of family, perseverance, and big-city living.. There's a hawk in the city! New York City is known for its sky-scrapers, subways, and hustle and bustle -- not for its wildlife. The hawk soon draws many admirers. So everyone is surprised when a red-tailed hawk is spotted flying over Fifth Avenue, and even more surprised when he decides to settle down on the ledge of one of the Big Apple's swankiest apartment buildings
Ages 4-8. McCarthy concisely chronicles the true, reportedly unprecedented occurrence of two red-tailed hawks' construction of a nest in the cornice of a swanky apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. From nearby Central Park, a group of bird-watchers who called themselves the Regulars vigilantly followed Pale Male and Lola's every move and rejoiced when two chicks hatched. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . All rights reserved. Combining vibrant and earth tones, McCarthy's unadorned acrylic illustrations have a puckish quality, both her human and winged characters incarnated as amiable bug-eyed creatures who express themselves through the slant of their mouths (or tilt of their beaks). A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book will benefit New York City Audubon. The other headline-grabbing aspect of these hawks' tale—the building's residents, irked by the birds' me
Two Stars Gail Townsend Kind of cartoony. OK for beginning readers. E. Fox said Great first nonfiction book. This fresh, exciting, and informative story would be a great choice for a child's or classroom's first nonfiction book. Illustrations are vivid and easy to relate to, and the text - complex enough for competent early readers, but perfect for a read-aloud - is engaging. City Hawk tells the true story of a pair of hawks who unexpectedly and uncharacteristically nest and rear their young outside the window of a Central Park apartment. One thing I really like about this is that the . Nice book My 17-mo son really enjoys this book. He's learned the word "hawk" and the names Pale Male (he gets confused now when the mail comes) and Lola. I started singing "Lola, she was a show girl" to him when we talked about Lola, and eventually played him a recording of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana." Now when I get to the part of the story where Lola comes in he starts dancing around because he rememebers the song. My husband liked the historical background on Central Park from the bac