Title | : | Hector's Flight to Friendship |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.57 (450 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1892851245 |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2010-01-25 |
Genre | : |
Hector Hummingbird has a bit of an attitude! He does not want help and will not give help in any way. But when he flies south for the winter, he learns the value of friendship in an unexpected way! Each page of Hector's Flight to Friendship is beautifully illustrated and the poignant story is a treasure to be read over and over again!
Editorial : A darling story with a lesson for all that is easily conveyed. This one is a winner! --Barbara McMahon, best selling author
This gentle story of a hummingbird that scoffs at helping others, until his own need for assistance humbles his heart and changes his perspective, is sweetly told in spare, shining prose. As Hector's Flight to Friendship unfolds, the reader soars with Hector and a flock of migrating geese on a journey over sunlit meadows, tranquil ponds, and blossoming fields, to the realization that friendship is the sweetest nectar of all. --Maureen Boyd Biro, author of Walking with Maga
I'm not a racing fan, but I am a person who enjoys a good book with a great story. It is an inspiring story of faith and love for God and the souls of those who are lost. You also want to avoid fast food and convenience food whenever possible, chips, candy and so on. In addition, Dyson often meanders into one too many digressions that break the flow of the narrative; for instance, do we really need to know so much about Kurt Godel's difficulties in obtaining a visa? And do we need to get bogged down in minutiae such as the starting dates and salaries for every member of the project and the list of items on the cafeteria menu? Details like these might put casual readers off.
Notwithstanding these gripes, the book is beautifully written and exhaustively researched with copious quotes from the main characters. Cuca Records founder James Kirchstein (who still runs the site) amassed an amazing, beautifully recorded chronicle of the regional music of the upper-Midwest (folk, count
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