Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories

by Jane Yolen, Heidi Stemple, Adam Stemple, Jason Stemple

Overview

Enchanting stories, lyrical poems, stunning photography, and fascinating science fill the pages of this treasury celebrating the amazing world of birds.

This thoughtful and beautifully curated collection of our flying, feathery friends highlights the role birds play in human life from centuries ago to present day. While it's beautiful, it's also full of valuable real science about these wondrous creatures. From history and behavior to spotting and photographing, there's sure to be something for every bird fan in your flock. Young birders will learn all about migration and the importance of habitat conservation. They'll find stories about bird rescues and fun facts about the fastest, strongest, and tiniest fliers. They'll also discover the best bird nests, sweet songs to sing, ways to listen for and identify the birds around them, and more. Paired with stunning art and photography and beautiful design, this treasury is sure to become a classic for bird enthusiasts of all ages.

Fly with Me was created to help celebrate Year of the Bird, National Geographic's 2018 initiative to bring awareness to the plight of birds around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426331817
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/16/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

JANE YOLEN is an author of children's books, fantasy, and science fiction, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? She is also a poet, a teacher of writing and literature, and a reviewer of children's literature.

HEIDI STEMPLE was 28 years old when she joined the family business, publishing her first short story in a book called Famous Writers and Their Kids Write Spooky Stories. The famous writer was her mom, author Jane Yolen. Since then, she has published 20 books and numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children.
Stemple, her two daughters, her mom, and a couple cats live in Massachusetts on a big old farm with two houses.

JASON STEMPLE is an author and photographer. He lives with his wife and children in Charleston, South Carolina.

ADAM STEMPLE is a novelist and musician. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

10/15/2018
This tribute to birds—created by Yolen and her three adult children—fuses poetry, prose, and ornithology. Topics include birds in literature and the arts, bird records and conservation, and bird watching. The crisp nature photography features dozens of species, appearing singly or in flocks, midmigration or nesting. Each author contributes to the informative prose sections. Adam Stemple discusses the dodo’s extinction, while Yolen responds to the question, “How do birds know where they’re going?” Yolen and Heidi Stemple also contribute pieces of their original poetry: “This land still/ belongs to the birds./ Who take to the sky,/ the oceans,/ and back to the land,” Stemple writes. Yolen dedicates the informative and lyrical treasury to her late husband, David W. Stemple, who passed his love of birds along to his family. Ages 4–8. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Yolen and her three children celebrate birds with a lavishly illustrated compendium of facts, photographs, and poetry...As is characteristic of National Geographic publications, the plentiful photographs are well-chosen and beautifully reproduced. A treasure for browsers and bird lovers everywhere." — Kirkus Starred Review

"With text that never talks down to its audience, this makes an ideal choice for family sharing or classroom browsing." — Booklist

"This book is for browsers, brief research, bird lovers, and is a must-have bargain for every collection." — School Library Connection 

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From the Publisher

★ 2018-08-01

Yolen and her three children celebrate birds with a lavishly illustrated compendium of facts, photographs, and poetry.

This lovingly compiled collection begins with a lengthy section of articles describing birds, their anatomy, and their nests, and it ends with suggestions for attracting birds to your backyard. In between are chapters about prehistoric birds (dinosaurs), birds in history, state birds (each with a full-page photograph and two fast facts), listening to birds, looking at birds, bird migration, saving species, bird records, birds in the arts and in story, and citizen science. The authors of each text piece, song, and poem are identified in the backmatter; photo credits show that these splendid images come from around the world. There's even a list of the scientific names of the birds in order of their appearance in the text. Dedicated to Yolen's husband and the Stemples' father, David Stemple, an ardent birder and bird-song recordist, this oversized volume is a treat to look at and to read. It includes a list of films to watch ("Birds are notoriously difficult to train to perform on stage or screen"), nicely retold myths and fables from around the world (with a map), two Audubon paintings, and carefully crafted poems including one about flock names. As is characteristic of National Geographic publications, the plentiful photographs are well-chosen and beautifully reproduced.

A treasure for browsers and bird lovers everywhere. (authors' notes, acknowledgements, find out more, index) (Nonfiction. 8-adult)

Kirkus Reviews