Winnerofthe2023DeBaryChildren’sScienceBookAward!Fromtheaward-winningauthorsofBeautyandtheBeak,DeborahLeeRoseandJaneVeltkamponceagaincombineadramaticstoryofraptorrescuewiththescienceittakestomakeithappeninthisheartwarmingandinformativeSTEMpicturebook.Youngreaderswillcheerfortheospreyadoptiontobesuccessfulandseeupclosewhatittakestohelpthesebeautifulbirdshaveanotherchanceinthewild.Expansivebackmatterincludesdetailedinformationonospreysandtheirlifecycle,diet,nests,andbehavior,plushowtheygotontheendangeredspecieslist,environmentalchallengestheyfacetoday,thetoolsraptorscientistsusetodotheirworktoprotectthem,andmore!ThestorybeginswithSwoopandSoar,twobabyospreychicksonlytendaysold,safeintheirnestatthetopoftheforest...untilapowerfulstormsendstheirtreecrashingtotheground,theirnestshatteredamidstthunderandlightning.SwoopandSoaristhetruestoryofhowsciencefoundthesetwoorphanchicksanewospreyfamilyandhomeinthewild.RaptorbiologistJanieVeltkamp,whorescuedBeautythebaldeagle,helpssavetheyoungospreychicksandsetsouttofindthemanewfamily.Inaraceagainsttime,Janiefindstheperfectnewnestforthechicks,withwildospreyparentswhohavealsolostchickstothestorm.ButwillthenewparentsacceptSwoopandSoarastheirown,orsoonflyawayfromthenestforever?Afterquicklynursingthebabybrotherandsisterbacktohealth,Janiecarefullyplacestheminthenewnestwhiletheospreyparentsareouthuntingforfish.ThenJaniewaits,watchesandhopes.Thenewfatherbringsbackafreshfish,butfourlonghoursgobyuntilthemotherlandsatthenest.WillshefeedSwoopandSoar,andshadethemfromtheSun’sburningrayswithheroutstretchedwings?Canthechicksandtheirnewospreyparentsnowbecomearealfamily?
