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Hoose, Phillip

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

148 pp. | Farrar | July, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30468-3 $21.99

(1) 4-6 Flying nearly from pole to pole twice a year, one robin-sized rufa red knot known as "Moonbird" has flown some 325,000 miles over a twenty-year lifespan. In lucid, graceful prose, Hoose details the birds' characteristics, profiles scientists and activist kids, and takes a sobering look at long-term prospects for survival. Glorious full-page and smaller photographs alternate with helpful maps in an informative progression of images. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2012