Peeping in the Shell: A Whooping Crane is Hatched
Product Description Describes how a scientist courts a whooping crane and how the resulting egg is carefully incubated until it hatches. From School Library Journal Grade 3-6 In a lively style, McNulty describes a scientist's efforts to court and artificially inseminate a whooping crane that had been hatched in a zoo, became imprinted on a human, and refused to mate with another crane. The author was invited by George Archibald, the founder of the International Crane Foundation, to witness the hatching of "his" egg. The courting, the incubation of the egg, and the hatching itself are described in great detail. Many attractive and informative pencil drawings will encourage children to spend time reading this suspenseful story about an endangered species. This book complements Harris' Biography of a Whooping Crane (Putnam, 1977; o.p.) which tells the story of the first year of a young whooping crane's life and is for a slightly younger audience. Ellen Fader, Westport Public Library, Conn.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.