Fly, Eagle, Fly!

By Christopher Gregorowski, Niki Daly (Illustrator)

Can an eagle raised as a chicken rediscover its true nature and soar again?

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32 pages

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A farmer raises an eagle as a chicken, believing it has forgotten how to fly. When a friend challenges this notion, they take the eagle to the mountains. As dawn breaks, the friend urges, "Fly, Eagle, fly!" Will the eagle embrace its destiny and soar into the sky, or remain grounded with the chickens? This tale of transformation and freedom invites readers to explore the power of nature and self-discovery.

From the publisher

After a stormy night, a farmer, searching for his lost calf, finds a baby eagle that has been blown out of its nest. He takes it home and raises it with his chickens. When a friend comes to visit one day, he tells the farmer that an eagle should be flying high in the sky, not staying on the ground. “But this eagle walks like a chicken, eats like a chicken, even thinks like a chicken,” the farmer replies.Twice, the farmer’s friend tries to get the eagle to fly, but it sees the chickens on the ground and drops down each time. At last the friend, followed by the farmer, carries the young eagle back into the mountains and places the great bird on a rocky ledge, just before sunrise. As the air is filled with golden light and the sun appears, the friend cries, “Fly, Eagle, fly!” and the eagle raises its wings and soars upward, out of sight.This simply told yet dramatic story from Africa will delight children everywhere and encourage them to “lift off and soar,” as Archbishop Tutu puts it in his foreword. In lovely, expressive paintings of great beauty, sparked with touches of humor, Niki Daly, an internationally known artist, catches the essence of this powerful tale.

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