Martha
This is Gennady Spirin's own dear story about the day his son Ilya found a crow with a broken wing, and brought it home. The veterinarian told the boy that it would never fly again. "Put it to sleep!" he urged the parents. But the wild crow-Martha, they called her-was full of surprises. She most...
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This is Gennady Spirin's own dear story about the day his son Ilya found a crow with a broken wing, and brought it home. The veterinarian told the boy that it would never fly again. "Put it to sleep!" he urged the parents. But the wild crow-Martha, they called her-was full of surprises. She most certainly made their home, her home, and one day she did fly! Would there be one more surprise? When she flew away that fall, would she return again? With Gennady Spirin's beautiful and delicate watercolor illustrations and the sweet memory of Martha's year as his guide, Martha takes flight once again.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399239809 (0399239804)
ASIN: 0399239804
Publish date: 2005-04-21
Publisher: Philomel
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I kind of thought that my niece and nephew would enjoy this book a little more than they seemed to, because their grandfather also rescued a crow. They listened to the story, and they looked at the pictures, but that's it. There wasn't any particular enthusiasm about Martha (the book, not the bird...
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