Description: A boy and his dog find a newly hatched bird in a nest in a magical little valley.
Review Quotes:
"An imaginative and original depiction of one of life's everyday miracles." -- KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW
"Jane Yolen's picture book expressively captures a luminous moment of discovery in the natural world...On Bird Hill leaves space for the imagination and underscores the surprising wonder found in everyday moments." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
"A sweetly surreal meditation on the everyday wonders that await in the wild." - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
"The book On Bird Hill (Yolen 2016) introduces K-2 students to the world of birds and shows them what happens when chicks hatch. An accompanying Educator's Guide and website produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's BirdSleuth program presents interdisciplinary, standards-based activities to extend students' learning from the text. Reenact a chick's hatching with pantomime in Retellings and Reenactments play Baby Bird Run!, a true/false tag game, to reinforce new bird understandings; create a realistic habitat for birds in Habitat Designers; learn about the diversity among bird nests in So Many Nests and Build a Nest; and feel a shell-less egg (an egg soaked in white vinegar) in Bouncing Baby Bird. The website provides background information, digital content, and supplementary activities to complement the printable guide." - NSTA; Educator's Guide
Picture Book/Early Reader Must Reads - MASSACHUSETTS CENTER FOR THE BOOK