Elf's Family Tree

Ron Smith

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What happens when young Elf the Eagle wants to know all there is to know about where he has come from? What happens when his curiosity about his family tree summons a Spirit Bird? Share his adventures as he tumbles through her left eye and journeys to the World of Before. Share his surprise and wonder when he discovers his ancient ancestors turn out to be toothy Dinosaurs! Share his sense of belonging when he returns to the World of Now.

Elf's Family Tree is a sequel to Elf the Eagle, which was shortlisted for the B.C. Book Prizes in 2008 and the Shining Willow Award, Saskatchewan, in 2009.

Book Details

Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
Publish Date: Jul 5th, 2023
Pages: 42
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 11.00in - 8.50in - 0.11in - 0.35lb
EAN: 9781772442762
Recommended age: 03-10
Categories: • Animals - Birds• Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

About the Author

Smith, Ron: - Ron Smith is the author and editor of numerous books, including the award-winning Elf the Eagle and The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke. An excerpt from this book was translated into eighteen languages by Reader's Digest and published in over twenty-two countries. In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from U.B.C. and in 2005 he was the inaugural Fulbright Chair in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Elf's Family Tree is the sequel to his earlier illustrated children's book. He lives with his wife, the writer Patricia Jean Smith, in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island where he daily searches the sky for eagles in full flight.

Campbell, Ruth: - Ruth Campbell is an illustrator living in Vancouver with her husband Robin, three dogs, and two cats. She has illustrated five books, includingElf the Eagle by Ron Smith.

Praise for this book

Ron Smith's homage to the eagle provides a historical record of its origin in prehistoric times to its importance as a cultural icon. But Elf is primarily a story of a young eaglet's response to the ever-changing world about him. This journey to self-recognition is magnificently illustrated by Ruth Campbell who provides a devastatingly accurate portrayal of Elf's relatives alongside snapshots of some of birdland's most beautiful creatures (look for the hoatzin, birdland comic prince). We last see Elf on a totem pole ― his voyage complete, celebrating the beauty of the world about him ― a world the reader will also come to celebrate.

―John Kieran Kealy, ridiculously avid birder, Hoatzin admirer and former teacher of Children's Literatures at UBC for over thirty years