Swoop and Soar
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“…riveting wildlife story…science in action that will help make readers more keenly aware of the need to protect wildlife, and might even inspire them to consider a career in science.
Lori Oczkus, national literacy expert and authoR
"…provides many rich opportunities to cultivate student curiosity, empathy, and enjoyment...."
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Themes: STEM, woman scientist, biologist, STEM careers, raptors, birds of prey, ospreys, endangered species, wildlife rescue, conservation, marine animals, marine education, environment, birds, environmental education, conservation, Earth Day, DDT, plastic pollution,
reading, nonfiction
Coeur d’Alene, IDAHO PUBLIC LBRARY FEATUREd SWOOP AND SOAR AS AN OUTDOOR STORYWALK in fall 2023
junior library guild gold standard selection!
de bary national award for outstanding children’s science books
eureka! nonfiction silver award, california reading association
Only ten days old, two wild osprey chicks become orphans when a powerful storm shatters their forest nest. Raptor biologist Janie Veltkamp is in a race against time to nurse the chicks back to health and place them in a new nest with new osprey parents. Will the new parents accept Swoop and Soar as their own young, or reject the chicks, and fly away forever?
Swoop and Soar tells the true, hopeful story of the chicks’ rescue and how science helps find them a new wild family. Through vibrant photos and STEM-rich text, readers of all ages discover closeup how Swoop and Soar are rescued, how they survive in the wild, and how they grow up to take their first flights and start their own families.
Kids (and adults) will be fascinated to learn ospreys’ amazing adaptations, like diving feet first into the shallow water “strike zone” and crashing underwater to catch fish. Fact-filled back matter details how scientists reintroduced ospreys after DDT wiped them out in many areas. Ospreys are found worldwide except in Antartica. The book explains environmental challenges ospreys face today like plastic pollution.