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When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life―the kibbutz.

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Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews -- Magazine Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine -- Magazine -- While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal -- Journal

-- While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal --Journal Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews --Magazine Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine --Magazine

-- While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal -- Journal Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. -- AJL Reviews -- (9/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal -- (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine -- Magazine Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews -- Magazine

Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine --Magazine -- While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal --Journal Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews --Magazine

"--​While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal -- ""Journal"" ""Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz."" -- AJL Reviews -- (9/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) ""The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue."" --School Library Journal -- (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine -- ""Magazine"" Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews -- ""Magazine"""

Maya lives on a kibbutz and enjoys watching the migrating birds as they return north after wintering in Africa. When a stork gets caught and injures itself, the residents build her a nest in which to recover. The seasons change and soon a male visits and builds a nest in a tree. A female joins him and soon there are baby storks. When the female does not return from a venture from the nest, Maya and her father have an idea: they use the kibbutz's bucket loader to lift the once-injured bird to the nest in the tree--completing 'a new family of storks.' Simple, colorful illustrations complement the text, with the white and gray of the storks set against vibrant spring blossoms and muted shades of autumn skies. Several aspects of life in Israel enhance the story: the annual migration of birds and the cooperative community environment of the kibbutz. A note or suggested reading about the migration of hundreds of species of birds through Israel as well as the nature of storks would have provided context. Otherwise, this sweet story is recommended for all Jewish libraries. -- AJL Reviews --Magazine Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig's Stork's Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses the bird she names Yaffa back to health. When baby birds are hatched, using kibbutz ingenuity and compassion, a bucket loader carries Yaffa to the nest so she can mother the chirping chicks. -- Hadassah Magazine --Magazine -- While migrating from Africa to Europe, a white stork becomes tangled in a net protecting a kibbutz fish pond. Young Maya persuades her father to rescue the injured bird. She calls the stork Yaffa, and because her wing cannot be repaired, the farmers build her a nest in a huge tire on the ground. Yaffa cannot fly to join a male stork that builds a nest in a nearby tree. The following spring, another female joins him while Yaffa watches from below. Soon three chicks hatch. When their mother does not return from foraging, Abba and Maya devise a plan to help Yaffa reach the chicks and save the family. The soft edges and muted colors of Shuttlewood's watercolor illustrations perfectly complement this low-key, pleasant, but improbable tale of animal rescue. --School Library Journal --Journal

Author Information

Born in the United States, Tami Lehman-Wilzig moved to Israel in 1977. Tami holds a B.A. in English Literature and a M.S. in Communications (Boston University). Today, she is one of Israel’s leading English-language advertising copywriters. Known for her expertise in the food industry, Tami works with many of Israel’s leading food exporters and has authored two cookbooks: The Melting Pot and A Taste of Egypt. During her off work hours, Tami writes children’s stories. Her first book, Hlik Lak, was published in Hebrew by Yediot Ahranot in 1996. In 2003 Kar-Ben (a division of Lerner Publishing), published Tasty Bible Stories. In January 2004, Kar-Ben published her second book with them: Keeping The Promise. The idea to write Tasty Bible Stories came to Tami through her joint love of studying the Bible and writing about food. With so many scenarios in the Bible revolving around provisions and feasts, she decided to bring the Bible alive by creating an enjoyable, reader-friendly book for kids and parents that offers quality time both in the reading room and the kitchen. Tami was inspired to write Keeping The Promise the day after the Columbia space shuttle’s launching, when she read the YNET story on the torah scroll that Ilan Ramon took with him into outer space. Keeping The Promise is the recipient of a 2005 International Reading Association (IRA) Teachers' Choice Award. Married to a university professor and the mother of two grown boys, Tami lives in Petach Tikva, a suburb of Tel Aviv.

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