Kelly Calhoun - Feathered and Fierce: Bald Eagle

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Design: Felicia Macheske

Photo Credits: FloridaStock/Shutterstock.com, cover; Eric Issele/Shutterstock.com, 1, 4, 14, back cover;
Martin Dallaire/Shutterstock.com, 3, 8 ; Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock.com, 7, 21; Teri Virbickis/Shutterstock.com, 11;
Steve Byland/Shutterstock.com, 13; Nancy Bauer/Shutterstock.com, 16; predrag1/Thinkstock, 19;
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Calhoun, Kelly, author.
Feathered and fierce / Kelly Calhoun.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals.
Guess What: Feathered and Fierce: Bald Eagle provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints.
Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly
written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an
index, help students locate information and learn new words. Provided by publisher.
Audience: Ages 5-8.
Audience: K to grade 3.
ISBN 978-1-63362-624-9 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63362-714-7 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63362-804-5 (pdf)
ISBN 978-1-63362-894-6 (ebook)
1. Bald eagle--Juvenile literature. [1. Eagles.] I. Title.
QL696.F32C34 2016
598.942dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-535-6 (ebook)
2015003119

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Table of Contents

My eyes see
very well .

I fly with
my strong
wings .

My body
is covered
with brown
and white
feathers .

I have
long,
powerful
claws.

I love to
eat fish .

My sharp
beak helps
me rip up
my food .

I live in a
really large
nest .

I was fuzzy
when I was
a chick .

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Bald Eagle!

About Bald Eagles

Bald eagles heads are covered in
white feathers.

Bald eagles usually lay two eggs.

Bald eagles have long claws that
they use to catch their prey .

A bald eagle weighs about the same
as a house cat.

Bald eagles favorite food is fish.

Glossary

chick (chik) a very young bird

fuzzy (FUHZ-ee) covered in fuzz

nest (nest) a home built by birds and other
animals

powerful (POW-ur-fuhl) having great power,
strength, or authority

prey (pray) an animal that is hunted by
another animal for food

Index

beak,
body,

chick,
claws,

eating,
eggs,
eyes,

feathers,
fish,
food,
flying,

nest,

prey,

wings,