Brave Baby Hummingbird by Montgomery, Sy

Brave Baby Hummingbird (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781665918497)

Author: Sy Montgomery
Product Type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$18.99
$18.99
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Brave Baby Hummingbird by Montgomery, Sy

Brave Baby Hummingbird

$18.99
Brave Baby Hummingbird by Montgomery, Sy

Brave Baby Hummingbird

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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From the beloved New York Times bestselling, Sibert Honor-winning author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus author comes a "beautiful...captivating" (Booklist, starred review) nonfiction picture book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures--hummingbirds.

The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one miles per hour, and beating their wings more than sixty times a second. The miraculous creatures are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. This book tells the story of a hummingbird's early life and how they make their way into the world.

Author: Sy Montgomery
ISBN-10: 1665918497
ISBN-13: 9781665918497
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2024
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 12.21h x 9.15w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2024 pg. 53
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 02/19/2024
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2024 pg. 113
By Sy Montgomery
By Sy Montgomery
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Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, adventurer, and author of more than thirty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including The Hummingbirds' Gift, The Hawk's Way, the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, and most recently, Of Time and Turtles, which was a New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, and a border collie.

Tiffany Bozic is a California artist whose work has been described as John James Audubon on acid. Her work evokes the tradition of tightly rendered nature illustration, which she explodes with playful colors and surreal sensibilities. With her ornithologist husband and school-aged daughter, Bozic spends significant time in wild places. She is the illustrator of picture books Trees and Brave Baby Hummingbird.

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