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Manufacturer: Sandpiper
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A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope when a trapped bird finally finds its freedom.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780395664155
ISBN: 0395664152
Label: Sandpiper
Manufacturer: Sandpiper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 1993-03-22
Publisher: Sandpiper
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Sandpiper


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: It hits home...
Comment: This book hits home really hard. It gives children a chance to see a side of homeless people they never have seen before. It also sends a good message of hope. Eve Bunting has created a classic that I will use as a future teacher in my clasroom.

Customer Rating:
Summary: The Gift of Empathy
Comment: The homeless are rarely portrayed as the diverse group they are. So often, we get smirky, "hobo" references or the easy sitcom joke. The whole mood of my classroom just drops when I read "Fly Away Home." There is, at first, some uncomfortable laughter. They simply are not emotionally equipped to take this one on. We trudge our way through, though. And no one gives this gift to kids better than Bunting. It is the opportunity to put real faces and figures to social issues. It is easy to dismiss a subject. It is much harder to dismiss a young boy living in an airport. Eve Bunting has literally become one of my greatest teaching tools over the years. And I thank her for it. Simply put, another great one.

Chris Bowen
Author of, "Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom"

Customer Rating:
Summary: I remember this book from Reading Rainbow
Comment: I am nearly 20 years old and I still remember seeing this book read on Reading Rainbow when I was very young. This book was an excellent introduction to the idea of homeless children for children with homes and would definitely make a child who is homeless not feel alone. I am going to be a social worker and play therapist, and this book is on my list for books to get in the future. People should remember though, that books like this are like books that bring up the idea or life of a child who is abused. If your child is healthy and well taken care of it might be confusing and a bit frightening, but it is not so psychologically damaging that some children learn about the different--and sometimes sad lifestyles of other children. This teaches them that they need to be compassionate and friendly to children who are homeless because they need a friend. Personally I don't think this book is anymore damaging than a "save the children" commerical picturing half-naked, starving toddlers climbing among trash. But in conclusion, I think this is a very good book, so much so that I remember it being read to me on TV.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Fly Away Home
Comment: This is a wonderful book about homelessness from a child's point of view. The child likens himself to a bird trapped in the busy airport where he and his father live very carefully as to be undetected. A job for his father will free them to fly away from their temporary home like the bird that finally flies away when an automatic door opens one day.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great, realistic story..
Comment: This book is more true to life then may people would like to a admit. As a school teacher, I have been using this book for years to share the plight of the working homeless. I have also worked in the homeless shelters of Boston and can't tell you how many people are struggling just to get on their feet. This book is sad, however you would been amazed how much empathy and new awareness an older child has after reading is wonderful piece of literature!

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