Description

Author: Christina Laubach; Rene Laubach; Charles W.G. Smith
Illustrator: Tom Vexo
ISBN: 978-1-58017-445-9
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Year of Publication: 2002
128 pp, over 100 photogaphs and illustrations
Paperback

Raptor A Kids Guide to Birds of Prey introduces children to the birds at the top of the food chain with a lively text enhanced by more than 100 full-color photographs. An Audubon Shop favorite!

While this is technically a children’s book, we equally recommend this book to adults. Beautiful photos and learning pages make this a perfect guide for anyone interested in birds of prey. Learn how to locate raptors in the wild and explore the mysteries of raptor flight, hunting strategies, and behavior. Flight silhouettes, range maps, real-life stories of individual birds, and more will satisfy the most voracious raptor enthusiast!

Young readers everywhere are fascinated by raptors – by their powerful talons (similar to dinosaurs’), their astonishing eyesight (ten times sharper than ours), and their awesome speed in flight.

Raptor A Kids Guide to Birds of Prey invites children into this wild world with a lively text enhanced by more than 100 full-color images by nature photographer Tom Vexo. Kids are encouraged to explore the mysteries of flight, raptor hunting strategies, and behavior – and to learn how to locate raptors in the wild.