Stork's Landing - Hardcover

Lehman-Wilzig, Tami

3.5

16 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1467713953 ISBN 13: 9781467713955

Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing �, 2014

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When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life―the kibbutz.

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About the Author:

Born in the United States, Tami Lehman-Wilzig now lives in Israel. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature and an M.A. in Communications from Boston University. She is one of Israel's leading English language copywriters. Her children's books include Tasty Bible Stories, Keeping the Promise, Passover Around the World, Hanukkah Around the World and Zvuvi’s Israel. She lives in Kfar Saba, Israel.

Review:

―"While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue." ―School Library Journal

(Journal)

"Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks." -- Hadassah Magazine

(Magazine)

"Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree―completing 'a new family of storks.'

Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries." -- AJL Reviews

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