KEYNOTE: A picture boo biography of the true adventures of a pair of brothers Raised in the moorlands of Yorkshire, Richard and Cherry Kearton developed a boyhood fascination with nature that fostered their great desire to photograph it. Together the brothers invented ingenious camouflage "hides" (including one inside the belly of an ox) in order to get closer to their subjects of birds. After three years, the brothers published the first natural history book entirely illustrated with photographs; it changed the way people view birds and their nests, inspiring them to protect them rather than plunder them. Ages 6-9 Grades 1-4 AUTHOR Rebecca Bond grew up in the tiny village of Peacham in northeastern Vermont, which, like the town in this story, was inhabited by "wonderful people." When she is not having fun painting and writing, Rebecca is busy fixing up her new (to her) old house. She is the author of several superb picture books. *
