"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to bald eagles. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Examines the habitat, physical characteristics, behavior, abuse, and protection of the bald eagle and types of eagles.

Explains how bald eagles became endangered and describes successful efforts to help them survive and increase.

"The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples...

Provides information about bald eagles, including anatomy, behavior, and their threatened status.