WINGED HEROES: For All Birdkind.

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Description

Author: Mya Thompson / Illustrator: Virginia Greene

Target: Ages 5–13
Format: GRAPHIC NOVEL / Enhanced Paperback
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 6″ x 9″

Overview

Peregrine Falcons have super-speed and can fly up to 242 miles per hour as the fastest animal on earth. Hummingbirds have super-stability and can hover in place and fly backwards like a helicopter. Snowy Owls have super-hearing and can find animals buried under snow by listening. Golden Eagles have super-sight, seeing prey more than a mile away. Wandering Albatrosses have super-endurance and can fly up to 75,000 miles a year across oceans. To humans, these and other natural bird superpowers are astounding.

But does an under-confident pigeon have any powers?

This is the story of Emilio, an ordinary kid who just happens to be a pigeon. When life gets him down, he looks to his favorite comic book heroes for answers-The Winged Heroes. No matter what, they always find a way to save birdkind with their amazing superpowers and daring missions. So why can’t he score even a small crust of bread at the park? Join Emilio on a journey to discover his own powers in a world of challenges.

At the end of the book, readers are directed to take our free online “What Winged Hero are you most like?” at WingedHeroes.com, a scientific personality and behavior quiz that matches people with the Winged Heroes superhero they are most like!

Birds in this book:

• American Crow

• Canada Goose

• Homing Pigeon

• Common Potoo

• European Starling

• Golden Eagle

• House Sparrow

• Osprey

• Peregrine Falcon

• Rock Pigeon

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird

• Snowy Owl

• Wandering Albatross

Author & Illustrator Information

Mya Thompson, PhD, is an author, a biologist, and a bird nerd. As Co-Director of Engagement in Science and Nature at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, she helps people learn more about birds. Before getting hooked on feathered animals, she studied elephant behavior in central Africa. She is the author of the book Ruby’s Birds and producer of the games Flap to the Future and BeastBox. Mya lives with her husband and kids in upstate New York and is totally in awe of people who can draw, like Virginia Greene.

Virginia Greene is an artist, a biologist, and a park ranger. She has followed a love of birds and nature though a variety of occupations, including an M.S. in Biology from William and Mary, a stint as the Bartels Illustrator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and a year of Americorps service with Virginia State Parks. When she is outside, she is either looking up for birds or down for mushrooms, with a sketchbook at the ready. Virginia lives in the mountains of Virginia and is grateful for those who have devoted their lives to birds and public education, like writer Mya Thompson.

Additional information

Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 9 in
Type

Children's Picture Book, Hard Cover

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