Luck: The Story of a Sandhill Crane chosen to be featured at the National Book Festival

Each year we feature a book for children/young adults at our Nebraska table at the National Book Festival. Sally Snyder, Nebraska Library Commission Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services, and I selected the book, Luck: The Story of a Sandhill Crane, by Jean Craighead George to be featured, representing Nebraska, at the 2010 National Book Festival, September 25, 2010. The list of featured books from each state becomes a reading list for children and young adults that want to learn about all the states through literature. The book is a beauty and we think it will represent our state well. I found this section of an interview with her very interesting, at; http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=12122&isbn13=9780060082017&displayType=bookinterview Q: Last year you traveled to Nebraska to research crane migration for your book LUCK: The Story of a Sandhill Crane. What was that experience like? A: It was unreal. Magnificent. We’d get up at 4 a.m. to go to the bird blinds along the Platte River. You could look down the river and as far as the eye could see, there were thousands of cranes just blanketing the landscape. Cranes are one of the oldest living bird species on earth, possibly the oldest, and it was just mystifying to watch this ancient ritual taking place before my eyes. The weather was terrible, but I love a rainy day. What do the rest of you think about this selection. Please click on comment below.