cranes (birds)

Describes whooping cranes' habitat, what they eat, and how they live. Discusses reasons for their endangered status as well as what is being done to preserve the species.

After Jiro encounters a life-like garden statue of a tall bird, he falls asleep and dreams of the story his mother once told him about a grateful crane.

Luck, a young sandhill crane, finds his place in the ancient crane migration from northern Canada to the Platte River.

A lonely Japanese magician gains friends through the paper crane that he brings to life but then must set free.

Describes efforts by scientists to re-establish a whooping crane flock that would spend summers in Wisconsin and winters in Florida.

Describes the feeding habits, migratory patterns, physical characteristics, and habitat of the endangered whooping crane, including efforts to save them, such as the establishment of the Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of one of the tallest birds in North America.

Left with his grandfather until his parents are settled in Detroit, Sammy learns to respect and love the old man as they care for an injured crane together.

Taken from her small, impoverished Chinese village and forced to sew in a New York City sweatshop, thirteen-year-old Suyin is visited by the cranes with which she has a strange connection and learns she is the daughter of the Crane Queen, who needs her help.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, and natural environment of various species of cranes, with an emphasis on the whooping crane and sandhill crane.