Stork's Landing

by Tami Lehman-Wilzig, Anna Shuttlewood (Illustrator)

When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life―the kibbutz.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Israel

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful story, both in terms of the gorgeous water colour illustrations, and the love and support a little girl and her dad give to an injured stork, and then a stork family. The Jewish undertones of the story come in words like "kibbutz", "Abba", and the Hebrew names the child gives to the storks. A lovely book about love for animals and working together to care for those in need.

[Miss Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful story, both in terms of the gorgeous water colour illustrations, and the love and support a little girl and her dad give to an injured stork, and then a stork family. The Jewish undertones of the story come in words like "kibbutz", "Abba", and the Hebrew names the child gives to the storks. A lovely book about love for animals and working together to care for those in need.

[Maya]

March 2024: reread.

I like lots of elements of this story but agree with the other comments that it could have gone deeper for a greater impact.

[Bethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bird is injured near a kibbutz in Israel and a girl and her father nurse it back to help, pleasant story and illustrations, wish the illustrations and/or text were more clear as to the injury, I can see young readers asking what is wrong with the stork.

[Dana Vaden · Rating 3 out of 5]

The drawings are beautiful and the Israeli setting is unique and lovely. While the setting is interesting, the story lacks specificity and a deeper truth. And enjoyable story, but not one to read again and again.

[Christine]

Pros: Beautiful watercolors, sweet story about caring for animals, daughter & Abba make a good team, a few Hebrew vocabulary words

Cons: Abba pets baby birds, but I've been told touching them is a bad idea because perhaps their parents will stop taking care of them when they smell like humans.

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A daughter and father rescue and build a nest for a wild stork that gets tangled in the nets of a fish pond on their kibbutz. Lovely illustrations.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I could see this being enjoyable to a stork enthusiast or a reader new to the concept of things working out... for the rest of us, maybe not so intriguing.