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Crane Boy

Cohn, Diana

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Cinco Puntos Press

Annotation: Kinga and his classmates create and perform a dance to honor the black-necked crames of Bhutan and also to remind people of their duty to care for the cranes.

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #111582

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 10/20/15

Illustrator: Youme,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-941026-16-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-941026-16-8

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2014032020

Dimensions: 27 cm.

Subject Heading:
Black-necked crane. Fiction.
Cranes (Birds). Fiction.
Wildlife conservation. Fiction.
Dance. Fiction.
Festivals. Fiction.
Bhutan. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

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This tale of wildlife conservation is narrated by a boy named Kinga, who eagerly awaits the annual return of the black-necked cranes to his Himalayan village. The expert at the village's crane center explains to Kinga's class that the crane population is diminishing. The boy hits upon an idea to save the cranes after seeing an archery team perform a cranelike dance to celebrate a victory. Kinga approaches the village's monks to see if he and his fellow students can develop a crane festival, with a special crane dance, that will awaken interest in saving the birds. The illustrations throughout showcase both Bhutanese life (filled with boisterously decorated prayer flags, flamboyant buildings, and lush forests) and the exquisite beauty and strength of the cranes, seen flying in formation and close-up. The last portion of the book contains photos and information on Bhutan and the Crane Festival, the only Bhutanese festival devoted to ecological education. Readers may also enjoy wildlife activist Alan Rabinowitz's A Boy and a Jaguar (2014).

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Reading Level: 2.0

Interest Level: K-3

Guided Reading Level: R

Fountas & Pinnell: R

South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, Highly Commended Book Title, South Asia National Outreach Consortium Green Earth Book Award Honor Book, The Nature Generation In this empowering picture book about arts, activism, and the environment, Kinga and his classmates create a dance to honor the cranes of Bhutan and raise awareness of their plight. Every year, Kinga and his classmates wait for the black-necked cranes to return to the kingdom of Bhutan. The birds fly south over the highest mountains in the world to winter in the valley where Kinga lives, deep in the Himalayas. The cranes have been visiting the valley since ancient times, but every year, fewer cranes return. Kinga is concerned. "What can I do?" he wonders. He and his classmates approach the monks for permission to create and perform a dance to honor the cranes and to remind the Bhutanese people of their duty to care for them. The monks caution them to first watch the cranes to see how they move and learn from them. The children watch and practice. And practice some more until the big day when they perform before the king of Bhutan.

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