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Book: First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird's Story
Date: Monday, 05 January, 2009 :: 18:08
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First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird's Story
List Price: USD $14.95
Price: USD $6.26
Product Group: book
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Studio: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Editorial Review:
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Reviews:
Average Customer Review: 
Summary: Stunning!
Date: 2008-12-04 -
Comment: This is just a stunning book. It is much larger/longer than I expected.
I take hummingbird photos too, and once in a while get a good shot. But I am not a professional, like the authors here.
This book is just fantastic. One of those rare books that lift you up, and can do so over and over.
This is a "one of a kind" book. I urge all nature lovers to get it. You won't be disappointed! Thank you to the Carrolls for a wonderful, touching, beautiful job.
I'd give 10+ stars for this one if that option were available here.
Summary: First Flight - Hummingbird Moms & Babies
Date: 2008-04-07 -
Comment: One of the nicest little books on Hummingbirds I have ever seen. I have just recently become interested in hummingbirds so this is a great little book to have.
Summary: Unbelievable
Date: 2007-05-10 -
Comment: We enjoyed this picture-story of a mother hummingbird. Excellent photographs and clear text. A book every (humming)birdlover will enjoy.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Fascinating
Date: 2006-11-10 -
Comment: This is a great book - I bought it for my mom and dad as they have lots of hummingbirds. But I had to check it out before I gave it to them. LOVED IT!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE, BEAUTIFUL BOOK
Date: 2006-09-23 -
Comment: This exquisite book is about loving and caring for what one loves. The Carroll's masterpiece springs from their love for Honey the Hummingbird as they daily devote themselves to watching her from her return from wintering in Mexico, the laying of two eggs in a nest on a clothesline which she had previously built and inhabited, the birth of her babies, which the Carrolls named Ray and Zen, and her nurturing of them until and after their fledgling flights.
Everything about this book is done with devotion and great care. The text, written by Noriko Carroll, is a perfect accompaniment to what seems to me genius level photographs taken by Don Carroll. There are special lighting effects as a background to many of the photographs, and Mr. Carroll explains in an afterword called "Photographics Notes" that a mirror reflecting parts of his flower garden was used to create these stunning effects. I plan to order another copy of this book, take it to a framer and request that several of the photographs be removed and framed, to be hung on a wall of my home.
The description on the inside of the book jacket cover is even unique. It is not the standard patois one usually reads. It is done with great care, depth and intelligence. It is the finest of its kind I have ever read.
You will learn a great deal about hummingbirds, and if you have a backyard feeder, you will find out the proper and best way to maintain it. You will become more aware of the hummingbirds in your yard and in your life. And, unless you have a heart of stone, you will end up loving them, if you do not do so already.
I heartily thank the Carrolls for their magnificent undertaking of introducing us to the life and ways of this wonderful bird and her offspring. It is their artistic skills, their intact sense of wonder and awe (which so many tend to lose in adulthood), and their capacity to love which has brought this book to us. Quite a gift!
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