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6) Doves
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of doves.
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
p1973.
Language
English
Description
"Keeping pigeons as pets is common among the young boys of Calcutta, India. But the carrier pigeon Gay-Neck is unique. In the course of his adventures, he is as much the teacher as the student of young Dhan, his owner and trainer. Gay-Neck serves heroically in World War I, carying messages, but must struggle to overcome a paralyzing fear acquired at the battlefront. How does he find the incentive to fly again? The answer offers young readers insight...
11) Rome antics
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome.
14) Home in the sky
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c1984.
Language
English
Description
A visually compelling urban picture book. Mike keeps pigeons on the roof of an abandoned burned-out building in New York. Every morning he lets them out of their coop, and they fly around in the sky until he calls them back home for breakfast. But one morning, a white pigeon, Light, flies away. His journey takes him across the city, and onto a subway train, where he is rescued by a young boy.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1927.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the birds courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
19) Roll
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During the summer between fifth and sixth grade, comic book-loving Ren grows apart from his best friend and meets a new girl who is looking for a training partner for the upcoming pigeon rolling competition.
20) Wringer
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
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