Guide to Books for children 1840–2020: Late

Focus on the California condor

Spirit of the Condor
Anthony Masters
Hippo
1991
Adventure story

The Maze
Will Hobbs
Avon
1998
Story of teen who meets a condor biologist

The Condor
Karen D Povey
Lucent
2001
Report on recovery efforts

Over the Edge
Gloria Skurzynski & Alane Ferguson
National Geographic Society
2002
Mystery set in Grand Canyon

Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things
Wendelin Van Draanen
Knopf
2007
Rich, fact-based adventure story


Include the California condor

Peter Parley’s Illustrations of the Animal Kingdom
[Samuel Griswold Goodrich]
Mussey
1840
Organized as encyclopedia

Interesting Birds of Our Country
S Kip Farrington, Jr
Garden City
1945
Color illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt

Birds of Prey
[Anonymous]
Doubleday
1968
Published with National Audubon Society

The Miracle of Flight
Richard Cromer
Doubleday
1968
California condor appears only in an illustration

And Condors Danced
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Delacorte
1987
Story about girl set a century ago | Fine writing

The Modern Ark: Saving Endangered Species
Daniel Cohen
Putnam
1995
Organized around case studies of popular species

Path of the Thunderbird: A Grand Canyon Adventure
Sara Toole Miller & Pat Toole
Grand Canyon Association
2017
Lively story | Illustrated by Scott Brundage

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9 May 2020