Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-Tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens
by Kara Hagedorn
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 1,864
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 190295
- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Eggs
- Parental behavior in animals
- Chickens
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Birds
- Nest building--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Chickens--Juvenile literature
- NATURE / General
- Chicks--Juvenile literature
- Chicks
- Nest building
- Eggs--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Red-tailed hawk
- Parental behavior in animals--Juvenile literature
- Red-tailed hawk--Juvenile literature
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Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2018

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Nonfiction Selection, 2017
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