num_pages: 40
description: Gentle verse and sweeping majestic artwork set imaginations soaring in a handsome and illuminating ode to the ancient art of falconry. Join a young girl and her father the falconer at a medieval castle as they experience the joys of taking a goshawk out for a training flight. The girl leads readers through all the preparations and equipment needed for the flight from the hawk s hood and bells to the falconer s gloves culminating in a dramatic demonstration of the hawk s hunting skill. Bagram Ibatoulline s masterful illustrations capture the vivid details and beauty of a day spent hawking while Danna Smith s poetic storytelling will make readers long to experience the art and sport of falconry firsthand.
language: English
title: The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry
publisher: Candlewick Press