ON BIRD HILL

Join author and narrator Jane Yolen as she walks up and down Bird Hill. Freshly and crisply she describes what she sees--first a tree and then a trunk, a branch, a twig, a bird, and finally an egg-filled nest. She piques listeners' curiosity with additional tidbits culminating in the hatching of the egg. Yolen's voice suggests genuine pleasure in her ramblings and excitement for the newly hatched bird. The musical accompaniment is crafted for the walk--starting with loud sounds, including barking, that fade away to quiet followed by the specifics of pecks and cracks and then back to sounds of the wide world. An afterword by the author and information about the Cornell Lab of Ornithology complete the production. A.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2018]