The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story
by
Jeanette Winter
Order:
USA
Can
Harcourt, 2007 (2007)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Lyn Seippel
I
n 1991 a Red-tailed Hawk chose to live in New York City. Called
Pale Male
because of his unusually light color, he found Central Park the perfect place to hunt and the top of a tall building on Fifth Avenue the perfect spot to raise chicks. He and his mate Lola probably picked the twelve story apartment building for the same reason many of its tenants did. It was right across the street from the park.
N
o one had ever seen a Red-tailed Hawk in the city. Bird watchers spread the word and people often gathered to keep watch over these now famous birds. But not everyone in New York welcomed the hawks. Some of the apartment building's other tenants were unhappy, as evidence of the hawks' meals often fell onto the balcony below their nest.
T
his magical, true story about a hawk's adjustment to city life is sure to become a favorite with New Yorkers and animal lovers everywhere. The simple color drawings in
The Tale of Pale Male
show just the right amount of detail.
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