![]() ![]() Will they arrive? What do they experience en route? Spectators and admirers join the path of the hummingbirds’ journey. ![]() Therefore, the birds feast on nectar before setting off, riding ‘ the green wave, zig-zagging from one pool of buzz and blossom to the next’. A note on the page offers that she, like others of her species, ‘ will lose half body weight’ when flying north. Somehow, as we watch the twirling majesty of the surroundings, and the flash of furious vegetation, we cannot imagine anything so golden and wonderful alighting in a towering city! As the girl sleeps, we see a lone sailor, joined by a tiny ruby-throat beginning her journey. ‘ Maybe they’ll visit you in New York City’, suggests her grandmother. Like these creatures, the child is heading north. In addition the story of the little birds is told to a girl by her grandmother, as they watch and feed flocks. Within the picture book are maps of wonder and beauty, and sparkling backdrops. Thereafter, Jane Ray’s pictures elevate this story into something magical. In this sumptuous picture book, zoologist and writer Nicola Davies describes this tiny creature. However its journey from Mexico to a North American summer is phenomenal. (Walker Books) The ruby-throated Hummingbird ‘ weighs about the same as a penny‘. ![]()
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