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.
This is Book 13 in the Tilbury House Nature Book Series. See all Tilbury House Nature Book books here.
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Award-winning author Ethel Pochocki wrote many books for children, including The Attic Mice, Rosebud and Red Flannel, and Maine Marmalade. A long-time resident of Brooks, Maine, Ms. Pochocki died in December 2010. Artist and illustrator Mary Beth Owens collaborated with Ethel Pochocki on several books. Parenting magazine selected Owens's book A Caribou Alph
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