Flock of Cranes

by Kelley M Likes, Ninnani (Illustrator & Co-Creative Director)

Grab your spyglasses and discover two flocks of cranes in this heartwarming tale of two children enchanted by their view outside their bedroom window.

Find all the different cranes that make up this unusual flock.

Includes directions to fold your own origami crane!

Targeted for children ages 5-6, This is a heartwarming tale of two children enchanted by cranes.

From writer Kelley M Likes and illustrator Ninnani comes a beautifully illustrated, unique concept book all about cranes.

Kids ages: 5 and 6
Grade: 1st
Early Reader
Guided Reading Level G
Lexile Level 360L

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5 STARS

Flock of Cranes by Kelley Likes is a fascinating and action-packed book for children. This fictional account describes the exciting day that two kids had. They go sightseeing in a zoo, and with a telescope, they identify different types of cranes according to their shapes, the color of their crown and neck, head, and size. I was fascinated with how the author compared and differentiated between animal and machine cranes. This book has educational value because it establishes the foundation for young children's learning about shapes, differentiating colors, and taking an original perspective on objects. This book not only sets that foundation but also enables kids within the age range of 2–7 years of age to make choices based on what they perceive and this book accomplishes that. I rate this book 5 over 5 stars because it highlights the essentials for a child's development phase and contributes to their perceptions about their environment and what could be obtainable. I appreciate the author for including fun and creative tasks in the book to enable children to manipulate shapes and structures with the help of the guide in the book. From my assessment, this confers that education goes beyond a conventional classroom. Knowledge is versatile, and I am an advocate for that. I recommend this book to children with curious minds.

-eBookFairs

5 STARS

Flock of Cranes is an adorable story of two children using their telescopes to find the different types of cranes there are at the zoo, only to find that they are looking at two different types of cranes. The illustrations found in these pages are gorgeous! When the story shows the different plumages and characteristics of cranes, I was blown away! The colors pop off of the pages. When you compare them to photos of actual cranes they are so similar! I would recommend this to any child interested in animals, or construction. I would recommend this to any child who loves to learn about different birds! And I would recommend this to anyone looking for a little giggle. At the end of the story, the book provides a few facts about cranes that I found to be very interesting. There are also instructions found to fold your own origami paper crane! They were very easy to follow! I loved reading this and hope you will too. It is a cute storyline that made me smile and giggle. It would be a vey easy misunderstanding for curious children to make. I loved this. Thank you, Kelley Likes and Ninnani sharing your words and art with the world. It was incredible. I would love to see more in the future.

-eBookFairs

5.0 out of 5 stars clever

Clever and fun, comparing living birds to rigid machines, both a bit gawky but both interesting in their own way…as is this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Illustrations & Story

Such a creative idea, and the illustrator did a beautiful job bringing it to life.

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Behind the Story

While on a once-in-a-lifetime 30-year anniversary trip to Vienna, Austria, I noticed all the beautiful machine cranes around the city. I remembered how I would always say to my children, as we drove past construction sites with cranes, “Look at the flock of cranes.”

I thought, what if I wrote a story about bird cranes and machine cranes, showcasing a few similarities between them?? Like a blue crane bird and a blue machine crane.

I came up with a cute concept and then reached out to the amazing artist Ninnani. As a co-creative director, they took the story to a whole new level. They came up with the idea of two children looking through spyglasses, and that worked perfectly along the original idea and contributed to visually shaping the story. Their out-of-this-world watercolor images will have you falling in love with bird and machine cranes.