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by Don Freeman

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Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home inthe magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in theloop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. sid'sview of san Francisco is without equal. so sid asks the lovelydove Midge to share his home. but one morning, while Midge istaking her turn sitting on two eggs, disaster strikes. A truck comesand workers take down the letters on the skyscraper one by one.winner of a Caldecott Honor, Fly High, Fly Low is a heartwarmingstory of two birds making a home and then making anotherone in one of America's great cities.

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  • Title Fly High, Fly Low
  • Author Don Freeman
  • Binding Papeback
  • Edition Anv
  • Condition New
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books
  • Date pp. 64
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6664640
  • ISBN 9780142408179 / 0142408174
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.82 x 7.9 x 0.2 in (27.48 x 20.07 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 05 years
  • Grade levels P - K
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: San Francisco, California
  • Library of Congress subjects San Francisco (Calif.), Pigeons
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Summary

Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. sid?s view of san Francisco is without equal. so sid asks the lovely dove Midge to share his home. but one morning, while Midge is taking her turn sitting on two eggs, disaster strikes. A truck comes and workers take down the letters on the skyscraper one by one. winner of a Caldecott Honor, Fly High, Fly Low is a heartwarming story of two birds making a home?and then making another one?in one of America?s great cities.

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Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California danceband. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students' League. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident; he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of Childrens' Literature, when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater: "I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what's next. Ideas just come at me and after me. It's all so natural. I work all the time, long into the night, and it's such a pleasure. I don't know when the time ends. I've never been happier in my life!"

Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear, named Corduroy.

Don Freeman was the author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low. For more information about Don Freeman, please visit:

www.donfreeman.info

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In the beautiful city of San Francisco, a city famous for its fogs and flowers, cable cars and towers, there once stood an electric-light sign on top of a tall building, and inside the letter B of this sign there lived a pigeon.

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About the author

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California dance band. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students' League. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident: he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of children's literature when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater: "I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what's next. Ideas just come at me and after me. It's all so natural. I work all the time, long into the night, and it's such a pleasure. I don't know when the time ends. I've never been happier in my life!"

Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear named Corduroy.

Don Freeman was the author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low.

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