| Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle Contributor(s): Owens, Mary Beth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0884484300 ISBN-13: 9780884484301 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Endangered - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Marine Life - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians |
| Dewey: 597.928 |
| LCCN: 2019936108 |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Series: Tilbury House Nature Book |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.5" W x 11.1" (0.95 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Beth Owens was inspired by her admiration and concern for these critically endangered animals to write and illustrate this beautiful book. The narrator--a craggy, ancient jumby tree that stands sentinel over the bay--observes a hawksbill's arrival by night, her arduous trek to excavate a nest and bury her eggs, her solitary return to the sea, and the later diaspora of her hatchlings. Spare prose complements pages saturated with Caribbean color or brooding in ghostly moonlight. |
Contributor Bio(s): Owens, Mary Beth: - MARY BETH OWENS (Newcastle, ME) is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, among them Panda Whispers, Caribou Alphabet, Counting Cranes, and Be Blest: A Celebration of Seasons. She incorporates her passion for the natural world with her enthusiasm for children's books and teaching art. Research trips have taken her to study caribou in northern Maine, whooping cranes in New Mexico and Texas, sea turtles in Antigua, and marsupials in Australia. |