An Eagle's Feather: Based on a Story of the Philippine Eagle Foundation: Based on a Story by the Philippine Eagle Foundation - Hardcover

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Minfong Ho was born in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma), and raised in both Singapore and Bangkok, Thailand. She was educated in Thailand and Taiwan before moving to the United States to attend Cornell University, where she received her B.A. in Economics and History, as well as her M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Ho is a multiple-award-winning author. Her book Sing to the Dawn, received first prize from the Council of Interracial Books for Children, and Hush! A Thai Lullaby, illustrated by Holly Meade, was a Caldecott Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children’s Book, and was included on The Horn Book Fanfare list.

Frances Alvarez is a native of the Philippines whose work as a children’s book illustrator has been published by Adarna House, Anvil Publishing, The Philippine Star, World Wildlife Fund, ELLE Decor Philippines, and Summit Media. In 2015, she participated in the Bartels Science Illustration program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where she created the watercolors for this book and other illustrations for educational materials about the critically endangered Great Philippine Eagle.

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Based on a story written by the Philippine Eagle Foundation, award-winning author Minfong Ho weaves a lovely tale of hope for the critically endangered Great Philippine Eagle, the national bird of the Philippines. Frances Alvarez's evocative illustrations capture rural Philippine culture and the spirit of this majestic bird.