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Author
Series
Skyborn volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"An aspiring knight turned wanted fugitive, Ellie Meadows discovers why gargols punish those who soar too high and must convince Nox Hatcher that he is the key to the skies--and the one who can return the Clandoms back where they belong"--
Author
Series
Skyborn volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, with tight-knit communities formed around bird types: Jay, Falcon, Crow. Ellie Meadows dreams of growing up to join the Goldwings--the famed knights who defend all the people of the Clandoms. It was a Goldwing, after all, who saved her life on that terrible day her parents were killed. There's just one problem: Ellie is a Sparrow, and the Goldwings are almost invariably picked from the higher clans like...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
This fun and informative series defines and illustrates the unique features of various animals. This book focuses on wings and highlights the animals that have wings. It also encourages creative thinking by asking readers to imagine what they would do if they had wings. The back matter includes a page showing images of additional animals, and a glossary. Colorful, engaging photos provide moderate support of text and assists with word recognition....
4) Nightbird
Author
Description
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
Author
Series
Skyborn volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, though not all the clans are treated equally. Ellie Meadows longed to become a Goldwing--the knights who protect the people--but because she came from the humble Sparrow Clan, her dream faced almost insurmountable resistance. Nox Hatcher has it even worse. Nox is a Crow, a shattered clan. They can't own businesses or run organizations, all due to a mysterious betrayal made hundreds of years ago. Nox has...
7) Wings
Author
Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"What animal has wings like these? Little ones will love guessing which of their favorite animals belong to each set of wings in this question-and-answer title filled with bold text and bright photographs."--Back cover.
8) New friends
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A latest adventure starring the intrepid Tinker Bell is a skill-building tie-in to the animated DVD film, The Secret of the Wings, and explores the sparkling transformation of Tink's wings after a forbidden adventure.
9) Wings
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
In this book learn about wings, including what they are for, where they are found, and what they look like.
10) Wings on things
Author
Series
Bright and early book volume BE 26
Publisher
Beginner Books
Pub. Date
c1982
Description
Text and pictures show and tell what wings are, what they do, and where they are found.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"When Tunde sprouts wings and learns he's all that stands between Earth and total destruction, suddenly school is the least of his problems. Luckily, his rag-tag group of pals have got his back, and with his new powers, Tunde is ready to fly in the face of danger. So what if he can't even stand up to the school bully? He's the boy with wings--this is his destiny. No pressure then."--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Inc Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
Description
"A stunning world-records book of animal flight, by the author-and-illustrator team behind the bestselling Book of Bones! Meet ten fascinating flyers through a series of superlatives - and guess who's who while learning about airborne animals. From the fastest (white-throated needletail) to the most acrobatic (flying fox bat), and from the best glider (colugo) to the best backward flyer (hummingbird), each master of flight is cleverly depicted in...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, NOVA travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"On March 29, 1973, Prudence Eleanor Vilkas was born with a pair of wings molded to her back. Considered a birth defect, her wings were surgically removed, leaving only the ghost of them behind. At [sixteen] years old ... Prudence meets her long-estranged Lithuanian grandfather and discovers a miraculous lineage beating and pulsing with past Lithuanian bird-women, storytellers with wings dragging the dirt, survivors perched on radio towers, lovers...
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