Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle($16.95Value)

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Awarded the AAAS/SUBARU SB&F PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in SCIENCE BOOKS and 5 other children's book awards! "Three words. 3D. Printed beak. Oh come on, you aren't impressed? Well, check out the back matter on this book and you will be. It's insane!" ―School Library Journal Beauty and the Beak is the incredible true story about an injured wild bald eagle who received a pioneering, 3D-printed beak―and made world news! Follow Beauty close up and in photographs, from the moment she uses her baby beak to emerge from her egg, through her hunt when she uses her powerful adult beak to feed herself, to the day her beak is illegally shot off, leaving her helpless. This brave and uplifting story continues through her rescue, into the months of engineering her 3D-printed prosthetic beak and intense hours of her beak surgery, to the moment she takes the first drink of water by herself with her new beak. Beauty and the Beak captures the spirit and courage of this amazing bird and America’s national symbol―whose species was nearly wiped out by human activity, only to be restored and thriving because of environmental conservation and human compassion. This book will resonate with those who have their own stories of other animals endangered or in need, and humans, from young children to military veterans, in need of prosthetic limbs, who are being given new lives with state-of-the-art devices. The book includes expanded information about bald eagles as a top predator species, their near extinction in most of the U.S., their successful reintroduction back into the wild, and efforts to conserve this critical raptor species today. "Outstanding full-page photographs accompany this uplifting account...Highly valuable for elementary schoolers as a lesson in empathy…Three words. 3D. Printed beak. Oh come on, you aren't impressed? Well, check out the back matter on this book and you will be. It's insane!" ― SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL "...the science and technology included in this book are supremely interesting...the compassion and dedication of the people who put it to use to save this wonderful bird are the best part of the story." – AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BOOKLIST "...a triumphant story about the positive power STEM can have in our world..." AAAS SCIENCE BOOKS & FILMS "Solid information about bald eagles in the wild is woven into the story...Resources include web connections and QR codes to be used with a Cornell Lab of Ornithology app." – KIRKUS REVIEWS "…an inspiration for promoting the value of STEM education. " – NSTA PAST PRESIDENT DR. KAREN OSTLUND “Our classrooms desperately need powerful true stories like Beauty and the Beak to inspire students to read informational text and to learn to care for our world one creature at a time!” – LORI OCZKUS, NATION LITERACY EXPERT AND AUTHOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAK HOW SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND A 3DPRINTED BEAK RESCUED A BALD EAGLE AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2017 Winner Children’s Picture Books Categor California Reading Association 2017 Eureka! Gold Award for NonfictionPrinted in the USA “Three words: 3D. Printed. Beak. Outstanding!” ― School Library Journal “Remarkable...readers will be fascinated!” ― Publishers Weekly “Offer this heartwarming example of animal rehabilitation to fans of Winter's Tail and similar stories.” ― Kirkus Reviews “A fascinating, true story of compassion. This inspiring story shouldn’t be missed.” ― The Times Herald (USA Today Network) This book is compatible with our FREE Bird QR app, which lets you tap to listen and learn about the Bald Eagle. Available on iTunes and Android stores. Beauty has been featured on Nat Geo WILD TV’s Unlikely Animal Friends, in the National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick magazine, and on the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) EngineerGirl website. Beauty and the Beak is a California Teachers Association CALIFORNIA READS Recommended Title, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and a Chicago Public Library’s 2017 Best of the Best Selection Deborah Lee Rose is an internationally published, award-winning author of many beloved children’s books. Her newest book Beauty and the Beak: The Inspiring Story of a Bald Eagle and Her 3D-Printed Prosthetic Beak is a CALIFORNIA READS recommended title of the California Teachers Association. Jimmy the Joey: The True Story of an Amazing Koala Rescue is a Reading is Fundamental/Macy’s Multicultural Collection title and Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12. Into the A, B, Sea was named to the NY Times 100 Books to Read and Share. Deborah helped create and directed communications for the ALA/AASL award-winning, national STEM education website Howtosmile.org , and helped created STEM activity apps for Lawrence Hall of Science, which have been downloaded more than one million times. She also served as Director of Communications for Lindsay Wildlife Experience, which includes the first wildlife rehabilitation hospital established in the U.S. D