Wedge-tailed Eagle
Book 60 of Nature Storybooks Series
Age 5+
Award-winning author Claire Saxby's latest addition to the Nature Storybook series, following a female wedge-tailed eagle and her mate in a lyrical, fact-filled look at Australia’s largest raptor.
Look up. Way up, into the clear blue. Those two tiny specks are a wedge-tailed eagle and her mate.
Wedge-tailed Eagle explores the family life of these remarkable birds. The largest raptor in Australia, wedge-tailed eagles are powerful hunters, who mate for life, bringing many new clutches of chicks into the world in their lifetime. Award-winning author Claire Saxby leads us through a mating season, while Christina Booth’s illustrations capture the majesty, power and gentleness of these magnificent birds of prey.
Creators
Claire Saxby writes award-winning fiction, non-fiction and poetry for young people. She writes about history, about nature and more. Her books include Nature Storybooks (Big Red Kangaroo, Emu, Koala, Dingo, Kookaburra, Great White Shark, Tasmanian Devil and Wedge-tailed Eagle) which celebrate Australian wildlife and the places they live. Her historical novel, The Wearing of the Green, explores early colonial Melbourne. Claire lives by the sea and believes our world is a place of many wonders. For further information visit www.clairesaxby.com
Author and illustrator Christina Booth works from her bush studio in Tasmania, Australia. Trained as a teacher and painter, she loves that she makes up stories and colours for a living. Christina started her literary career illustrating for great Australian authors such as Max Fatchen, Colin Thiele, Christobel Mattingley and Jackie French. Many of Christina’s books have been CBCA Notables and her 2009 picture book Kip was a CBCA Honour Book. She won the 2014 Environment Award for Children’s Literature for Welcome Home, and her 2019 title One Careless Night was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and won the Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Whitley Book Award.
Reviews
Another lesson on nature’s miracles to add to this fabulous series!
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