Moonbird: a Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

Publisher Marketing: Meet rufa red knot B95. Scientists call him the Moonbird because, in the course of his astoundingly long lifetime, this robin-sized shorebird has ?own the distance to the moon and halfway back! Each February he joins a ?ock that lifts off from Tierra del Fuego, headed for breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, nine thousand miles away. Late in the summer, he begins the return journey. B95 can fly for days, but eventually he must descend to refuel and rest. However, recent changes at stopover sites along his migratory circuit changes caused mostly by human activity have reduced the food available and made it harder for the birds to reach. During B95 s lifetime, the worldwide rufa population has collapsed by nearly 80 percent. Still, the Moonbird wings on; he is now nearly twenty years old. Shaking their heads, scientists ask themselves: How can this one bird make it year after year when so many others fall? National Book Award winning author Phillip Hoose shows the obstacles rufa red knots face, introduces a worldwide team of scientists and conservationists trying to save them, and offers insights about what we can do to help shorebirds before it s too late. With inspiring prose, thorough research, and stirring images, Hoose explores the tragedy of extinction through the triumph of a single bird." Review Citations: School Library Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 60 (EAN 9781469282091, Compact Disc) Audio File 04/01/2013 pg. 24 (EAN 9781469282053, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 05/14/2012 pg. 70 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 77 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2012 pg. 135 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 289 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2012 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 157 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 66 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 34 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 11 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 (EAN 9780374304683, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hoose, Phillip Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles. Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters. His book "Claudette Colvin" won a National Book Award and was dubbed a "Publisher's Weekly" Best Book of 2009. He is also the author of "Hey, Little Ant", co-authored by his daughter, Hannah, "It's Our World, Too!", "The Race to Save the Lord God Bird", and "We Were There, Too!", a National Book Award finalist. He has received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, a Christopher Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among numerous honors. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and grew up in the towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, Indiana. He was educated at Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry. He lives in Portland, Maine.